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The Interior Ministry said six gunmen had attempted to kill parliament member Mohamed al Nasri at his home in Kasserine, but he had escaped after jumping into a neighbor's courtyard and breaking his leg. Islamists assassinated two secular politicians in Tunisia last year. Salafists tried to attack a national guard member in his home in Kasserine. Security forces arrested a suspected terrorist in Gafsa who was exchanging foreign currency. The parliament adopted portions of a draft law on terrorism and money laundering.