(VOVworld) - A 12-member terrorist network with links to IS has been eliminated by Tunisian National Guards and local security forces, said Tunisia’s Interior Ministry on Thursday.

Tunisian security forces (Photo: AFP/TTXVN)

The network, whose members are extremist jihadists, has been providing financial and logistical support for a terrorist group called Jond Al-Khilafa, which has been eliminated in Kasserine. The network also provided information concerning military and security activities in the region. The arrestees have been handed over to the Tunisian National Anti-Terrorism Commission and will soon go on trial. The Interior Ministry said further investigations will be conducted.