Tunisia expressed solidarity with Algeria following a serious traffic accident which took place, on Wednesday in Tamanrasset, southern Algeria, causing several deaths. Tunisia offers its sincere condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims as well as to the entire Algerian people, reads a statement of the Foreign Affairs Ministry. According to Algerian civil protection, a bus and pickup truck collided on a highway in southern Algeria, near the village of Outoul, about twenty kilometres west of Tamanrasset. The accident, which left at least 34 dead and 12 injured, was followed by a fire when the bus, linking Adrar to Tamanrasset, about 2,000 km from Algiers, hit the other vehicle, said the same source.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse