TUNIS, July 8 (Xinhua) -- The Tunisian government vowed to take revenge on Sunday after a "terrorist" attack on a border security station in northwestern Tunisia killed at least nine members of security forces.
"We promise a quick and effective response and we will get our revenge," Tunisian Interior Minister Ghazi Jeribi said.
Jeribi described the attack as "cowardly", insisting "security agents will never lose concentration and their morality will remain higher than ever."
According to Jeribi, a border guard patrol belonging to National Guard was targeted by a terrorist group, whose number is unknown, using an anti-tank mine.
According to TAP, an official Tunisian news agency, the terrorists fired bursts from three directions in Jendouba Province.
The Interior Ministry confirmed at least nine members of Tunisia's security forces were killed, of which eight were killed on the spot and one died of heavy injuries later.
The Tunisian Culture Ministry decided to postpone cultural activities or festivities planned for Sunday.
Since 2011, the Tunisian security and military facilities has been a main target for radical groups and organizations.
The most serious attacks against security agents in the country were recorded in 2013, in which no less than 15 attacks killed over 20 policemen, guards and soldiers.
In 2015, three attacks targeted respectively Bardo Museum in Tunis, the beach of a hotel in Sousse in east Tunisia and a bus of the presidential guard in the capital, killing more than 70 people, mostly foreign tourists and security forces.
Algeria on Sunday condemned the attack and expressed its solidarity with Tunisian authorities in their fight against the scourge of terrorism.
Security cooperation has always been at the heart of the Algerian-Tunisian relations, amid increasing terrorist threats on their shared borderline.
To effectively respond to the upsurge of terrorist acts throughout the Maghreb and Sahel region, the two countries have strengthened their intelligence and military operations.
Egypt strongly condemned Sunday's attack in northwestern Tunisia, referring to the attack as "a brutal terrorist aggression."
The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) has strongly condemned the attack, affirming its solidarity with Tunisia in the face of terrorism.
