Tunisian fighter shoots seven dead at Tunis military enclosure

Security strengths said there had been no gunfire outside the Bouchoucha military enclosure

A Tunisian fighter has been shot dead after he murdered seven of his associates at a military sle

eping quarters in Tunis, as indicated by the barrier service.

Ten others were injured, one genuinely, in the assault at a banner raising function at the Bouchoucha sleeping enclosure.

The man had family and mental issues and was "prohibited from conveying arms", said service representative Belhassen Oueslati.

He portrayed the occurrence as a "separated demonstration, not a terrorist demonstration".

There would be an examination to attempt to focus the executioner's intentions, he included.

Mr Ouselati said the fighter assaulted one man with a blade before taking the casualty's weapon and "shooting at his companions".

Doctors were called to the military enclosure to help the injured

Tunisian security strengths have been on ready since Islamist shooters assaulted the Bardo Museum in March, slaughtering 21 sightseers.

The shooting at the sleeping shelter, which is near to the gallery and the parliament building, provoked the clearing of a close-by school.

Police fortifications were sent to the zone to brush adjacent lanes, while a helicopter floated overhead.

Inside Ministry representative Mohamed Ali Aroui said on national radio that there was no gunfire outside the sleeping shelter.