TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s Interior Ministry says police have arrested eight people suspected of plotting terrorist attacks after undergoing weapons and explosive training in neighboring Libya.

Ansar al-Shariah, which is blamed for the 2012 killing of a U.S. ambassador and classified by the U.S as a terrorist group, is based in Libya and Tunisia. Tunisia, seen as a model for Arab nations seeking democratic stability, has heightened security on the border with troubled Libya.

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