A source from the Tunisian presidency confirmed the arrival of a suspicious envelope at the presidential palace in Carthage, indicating that the envelope was void of any documents and contained a suspicious substance instead.
The source explained in a statement to the Tunisian African News Agency late Wednesday that the President did not receive this envelope; rather, it was opened by one of the officials at the presidential palace, confirming that the President is in good health. The source added that the suspicious substance found in the envelope is being analyzed to determine its nature, and an investigation has been launched into the source of this envelope.
In the same context, the Tunisian news agency confirmed that President Kais Saied was targeted in an attempted poisoning via a postal parcel two days ago. It is noteworthy that this is not the first time there have been discussions about attempts to poison Tunisian President Kais Saied. The Tunisian newspaper "Al-Shuruq" reported in one of its issues published in August of last year that a bakery worker in the Lake 2 area of the capital had revealed to security units a complete plan in which a businessman attempted to involve him to assassinate President Kais Saied.
The newspaper mentioned at the time that the businessman tried to implicate the bakery owner in a plan to poison bread quantities bought from the bakery by enticing the worker with an amount of 20,000 dinars to carry out the operation, but he refused and disclosed the scheme. The newspaper quoted specialized anti-terrorism units in Tunisia confirming their investigation into the matter and uncovering the cells working to target the President.
However, the spokesperson for the Primary Court in Tunisia, Mohsen Dali, had announced after the incident reported by Al-Shuruq that President Kais Saied was not concerned with the rumors about an attempted poisoning, clarifying that it was a feud between bakeries in an unfair competition context. A responsible source at the Tunisian presidency at that time also denied the circulating news regarding an assassination plot against President Kais Saied.
