(TAP) - National Guard units in Manouba have arrested three extremists suspected of belonging to a terrorist current, a security source said Monday.

Aged between 30 and 35 years, these extremists were arrested during a raid in the region of Douar Hicher over the weekend, it added.

During the interrogation, the suspects admitted to being followers of Ansar Al-Sharia’s terrorist Kamal Zarrouk.

They were detained pending their transfer to the judicial counter-terrorism centre, said the same source.