counterterrorism operations in the mountainous provinces of Tunisia, security forces their claimed.Tunisian squads were tracking an extremist group in the Mount Salloum area of Kasserine province when they killed the suspected jihadi.His wife then blew herself up by activating a suicide vest, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.Reports say the explosion killed her baby that she was holding in her arms when she set off the explosives.Her older daughter at the scene is believed to have survived.Authorities said it was the first time they a woman has been reported among the jihadis taking refuge in the area.The ministry said on Thursday night (March 1), security forces killed a suspected leader of Tunisia's Jund Al Khilafa brigade in.
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