There has been a suicide bomb attack in the Tunisian resort town of Sousse, officials say.
The explosion occurred on a beach near a hotel, security sources say.
A hotel employee told the BBC that the blast occurred at 09:45 local time (08:45 GMT) and that no-one was hurt except for the bomber.
Sousse is a tourist destination about 140km (87 miles) south of the capital, Tunis, on the Mediterranean coast.
A receptionist at the Riadh Palms hotel told the BBC's World Update that the blast happened near the hotel.
The male attacker, wearing a belt of explosives, was killed, the Associated Press quotes Tunisia's Tap state news agency as saying.
Meanwhile, Reuters news agency reports that in a separate incident police captured a man who tried to blow himself up at the tomb of former President Habib Bourguiba in Monastir, a town about 20km further south along the coast from Sousse.
Mr Bourguiba led Tunisia after independence from France; he was deposed in 1987 and died 13 years ago.
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