Tunisia forces kills six after standoff with militants outside Tunis: ministry

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian security forces on Friday killed six people, including five woman, after a standoff with an Islamist militant group on the outskirts of Tunis two days before a parliamentary election, authorities said. At least two militants and women and children had been holed up in the house in Oeud Ellil, west of Tunis, since Thursday after clashes in which one police officer was killed when troops surrounded the building, according to security officials. [ID:nL6N0SI30D] One militant and five woman were killed when troops stormed the house on Friday, and at least one of the women had opened fire on security forces with a rifle, an interior ministry spokesman said.