TUNIS, Tunisia — A woman was arrested in Tunisia’s capital Wednesday for allegedly attempting to run over police officers standing in front of a government building, Tunisian authorities said. Three police officers were slightly injured when metal barriers knocked over by the woman’s car fell on them, the North African country’s Interior Ministry said. The driver tried to flee but was immediately arrested, the ministry said. Last week, a police commander was stabbed to death in the neck by a suspected Islamic extremist near the headquarters of Tunisia’s Parliament in Tunis. Islamic extremists have attacked soldiers and police in other regions of Tunisia, but it is rarer for them to target police in and around the capital.

Source: National Post November 08, 2017 17:37 UTC