Tunisian President Hospitalized as Suicide Attacks Hit Capital
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Beji Caid Essebsi in 2016.
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Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi was rushed to a military hospital, his office said, with fears of his death adding to angst on a day when twin suicide bombers struck in the capital.
Essebsi, the 92-year-old founder of the secular Nidaa Tounes party, is in a “stable” condition, the state-run TAP news agency reported Thursday afternoon, denying reports swirling on social media that he had died.