TUNIS -- The Tunisian Interior Ministry identified the woman who blew herself up on Monday in central Tunis as 30-year-old single Mouna Kebla.

Kebla came from Sidi Alouane town of Mahdia Governorate in eastern Tunisia, the ministry spokesman Sofiene Zaag told reporters.

Earlier in the day, a suicide bombing hit the center of the capital Tunis injured eight police officers and a civilian, in which a woman blew herself up near a fixed patrol at Bourguiba Avenue, main artery of downtown Tunis.

The attack took place in front of the Municipal Theater of Tunis, a busy spot lined with shops and hotels, as well as a cathedral and the headquarters of the French Embassy.