In December 2006 and again in January 2007 , Tunisian security forces engaged in clashes with a group linked to the GSPC that had established training camps in mountainous areas near the capital Tunis , killing more than a dozen people . According to French daily '' Le Parisien '' at least 60 people were killed in the clashes . The clashes were the most serious terrorist activity in Tunisia since the Ghriba synagogue bombing in 2002
Ghriba synagogue bombing
Ghriba synagogue bombing
Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)