Da’esh (ISIS) has taken responsibility for Tuesday’s blast in Tunis that left 13 dead and numerous others wounded.
A suicide bomber detonated the explosives vest under his jacket as he climbed aboard a bus carrying the presidential guard in the Tunisian capital.
The terrorist was identified as Abu Abdullah al-Tunisi in a statement uploaded to the Internet by Da’esh on Wednesday.
The “tyrants of Tunis will not have peace and we will not rest until the law of God governs in Tunis,” said the statement.
Da’esh has repeatedly targeted Tunisia, which has struggled to bring its society back to the calm stability for which the country was known to tourists around the world prior to the start of the Jasmine Revolution in 2011.
That event began with a Tunisian pushcart merchant who self-immolated in a town square, igniting the Arab Spring, which eventually swept the entire region and toppled four Arab governments in its wake.
A 30-day state of emergency was declared by Tunisia’s President Beji Caid Essebsi, who currently heads a secular government, after Tuesday’s attack.