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Police fired at a car that was ignoring signals to stop at a checkpoint in Kasserine, killing two children who were passengers in the vehicle; the Interior Ministry said the roadblock had been set up to intercept an armed group that was traveling by car to Kasserine. Security forces seized nine Tunisian vehicles at the Ras Jedir border crossing that were loaded with smuggled Libyan fuel, and shot at two Libyan vehicles that were trying to force their way into Tunisian territory, causing them to turn back. The NAC's discussion of new antiterrorism laws was postponed until after Sept. 1.