TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian security forces arrested four people for allegedly plotting to kidnap local Jews and hold them for ransom, an Interior Ministry official said on Thursday. There are less than 2,000 Jews in Tunisia, mostly living in Zarzis and the nearby island of Djerba in the south of the country. “The security forces aborted a plan to kidnap young Jews in Zarzis. Police arrested four young men and seized two weapons,” the official, Lofi Hidouri, told Reuters. Perez Trabelsi, head of the Jewish community in Djerba, said a policeman was among the four arrested. …
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