World Bulletin / News Desk

The ISIL armed group on Wednesday claimed the deadly bombing of a presidential guard bus in the Tunisian capital in a statement shared on its social media accounts.

It said a Tunisian suicide bomber named "Abou Abdallah al-Tounissi" carried out Tuesday's attack, which killed 12 presidential guards.

The authorities have declared a 30-day state of emergency countrywide as well as a curfew in the capital and in three other provinces following the attack.