Nine people, including eight policemen, were wounded when a woman blew herself up in what a spokesman for the Tunisian Interior Ministry described as a "terrorist explosion" in central Tunis on Monday
A woman blew herself up in the center of the Tunisian capital Tunis on Monday, state radio said.
A witness reported an explosion on the central Habib Bourguiba Avenue where police were cordoning off the area near the capital's landmark Municipal Theatre.
Ambulances could be heard rushing to the scene.
"I was in front of the theater and heard a huge explosion and saw people fleeing," witness Mohamed Ekbal bin Rajib told Reuters.