7 September 2017: the National Guard spokesman Colonel Khalifa Chibani told a press conference on September 6th that the National Guard forces have eliminated 20 foreign terrorists and 129 Tunisian terrorists since 2011 .
Chibani said that the number of foreigners held in Tunisian prisons reached 41 prisoners while the number of Tunisian prisoners amounts to 3683 prisoners.
The Colonel assured that the number of inquiries resolved since 2011 by the National Guard regarding terrorism, reached 1925 investigations which led to the arrest of 3724 takfirist elements.
Resolute inquiries into the dispatch of young people to homes of tension by the National Guard since 2013 amount to 495 cases which led to the arrest of 998 people. (Source: http://www.observatoire-securite.tn)