Explosion hits bus carrying presidential guards in Tunisia Tuesday Nov 24,2015

 

An explosion has hit a bus carrying presidential guards in Tunisia's capital, Tunis, killing at least 12 people

The damaged bus at the scene of a suicide bomb attack 

The explosion happened at a bus stop where the presidential guard picks up and drops off its staff, near the former headquarters of the party of deposed President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

Exactly what caused the blast is unclear but it is believed a bomber had probably detonated explosives in the vehicle

President Beji Caid Essebsi has declared a 30-day state of emergency and the capital is under curfew.

No group has yet said it was behind the attack.

Relatives mourn presidential guards killed in the Nov 24,2015 attack

 

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi funeral ceremony of the presidential guards killed