(Reuters) Tarek Amara - Tunisian police have arrested four people for plotting to kidnap local Jews for ransom, said an official, Lofi Hidouri, on Thursday. "The security forces intercepted a plan to kidnap young Jews in Zarzis. Police arrested four young men and seized two weapons." There are less than 2,000 Jews in Tunisia, mostly in the town of Zarzis and the nearby island of Djerba.
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