DHAKA: There has been a suicide bomb attack in the Tunisian Mediterranean resort town of Sousse on a beach in front of a hotel, officials say.

A hotel employee told the BBC that the blast occurred at 09:45 local time and that no-one was hurt except for the bomber.

Meanwhile, security sources say police have foiled a separate plot to attack ex-president Habib Bourguiba’s tomb.

Police captured the would-be suicide bomber before he blew himself up.

Bourguiba led Tunisia after independence from France; he was deposed in 1987 and died 13 years ago.

BDST: 1952 HRS, OCT 30, 2013
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