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The Latest: Islamic State says it's behind Tunisia attack

BEIRUT (AP) - The latest on an explosion that targeted a bus carrying Tunisian presidential guards in the capital, Tunis. All times local.

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4:05 p.m.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack in central Tunis carrying Tunisia's presidential guards.

In a statement posted on the Internet on Wednesday, the group says a militant it identified as Abu Abdullah al-Tunisi carried out the attack after infiltrating the bus and killing around 20 "apostates."

The statement says the "tyrants of Tunis will not have peace and we will not rest until the law of God governs in Tunis."

Tuesday's explosion killed 13 people and the president declared a month-long state of emergency after the attack.

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2:50 p.m.

Tunisia's Interior Ministry says 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of military explosives were used in an attack on a bus carrying presidential guards that left 13 people dead.

It said in a statement Wednesday that either a backpack or an explosive belt containing the explosives was used.

It says the 13th body is believed to be the "terrorist who caused the explosion," but says the body can't be identified by fingerprints because no fingers were found. It said a DNA analysis of the body is underway.

No one has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack in central Tunis.

In this Friday, Oct. 30, 2015 photo, a girl walks home after sunset, at Hara Kbira, the main Jewish neighborhood on the Island of Djerba, southern Tunisia. The Jewish community in the resort island of Djerba traces its roots all the way back to Babylonian exile of 586 B.C., and is one of the few communities of its kind to have survived the turmoil around the creation of Israel, when more than 800,000 Jews across the Arab world either emigrated or were driven from their homes. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) The Associated Press
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