A man has blown himself up at a Mediterranean resort town in Tunisia which is popular with British holidaymakers.
The man, who was wearing a belt of explosives, detonated his charge near the Riadh Palm Hotel in Sousse - moments before security forces foiled a similar attack elsewhere.
A would-be suicide bomber who tried to blow himself up at the tomb of former President Habib Bourguiba in the southern city of Monastir was captured by police.
"An attempted attack targeting the compound of the Bourguiba mausoleum was foiled ... and a young man carrying explosives was arrested," said ministry spokesman Mohamed Ali Laroui.
The suicide bomber in Sousse, which is situated 90 miles south of the capital Tunis, was the only person killed in the attack, the interior ministry said.
There were no immediate reports of any other casualties.
Tunisia has been battling unrest since the overthrow of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's secular dictatorship, and has seen the rise of a hardline Islamist movement that has armed itself and carried out attacks.
Earlier this year, the government began a crackdown on Ansar al-Sharia, one of the most radical groups to emerge since the country's 2011 uprising.
The group's leader is a former al Qaeda veteran who once fought in Afghanistan.
Nine police officers were killed in clashes with militants earlier this month.
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