A security patrol was targeted on Saturday night in Tunisia's Kebili province by three armed men, two of them were killed while the third was transferred to the hospital after being hit, a regional source affirmed to Xinhua.

According to the source, the law enforcement officer Modhafar Ben Ali was dead in the armed clash with the attackers while another policeman was injured at the feet.

The circumstances and the official statement about this attack are still unavailable.

source: Xinhua