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CAIRO — Tunisia has reported the seizure of another weapons cache.

The Interior Ministry said a large cache of arms and explosives was
found near Tunis.

Officials said authorities believed elements linked to Al Qaida were
smuggling weapons in Tunisia from neighboring Algeria and Libya. They said Al Qaida could be working with elements of the Salafist movement, which has been clashing with police and secular activists in Tunisia.

The ministry said security forces seized scores of AK-47
Kalashnikov assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, munitions and explosives.

“The operation was conducted by the National Guard,” the ministry said.

In a statement on Feb. 21, the ministry said the National Guard was
supported by a counter-insurgency commando unit during the raid in Mnihla. There were no casualties reported in the operation on late Feb. 20.

This marked the second major weapons cache found in Tunisia in as many
months. In January 2013, authorities found a large amount of weapons in
Medenine near the border with Libya.

  AK-47s, Mnihla, National Guard, RPGs, Salafist movement, Tunisia finds 2nd large weapons cache believed smuggled by Al Qaida