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| Death toll at 22 in Tunisia attack |
| 2015-03-19 |
| [Al Ahram] Gunmen opened fire Wednesday at the Bardo museum in Tunisia's capital, killing at least 22 people, including 20 foreign tourists, in one of the worst attacks in this struggling North African democracy that depends heavily on tourism. "There are 22 dead including 20 South African, French, Polish and Italian tourists," interior ministry front man Mohammed Ali Aroui told AFP, without providing further details on the identities of the victims. Men with assault rifles fired at tourists climbing from buses in front of the National Bardo Museum in central Tunis near the country's parliament, sending dozens sprinting for safety. Two gunnies were killed, but Prime Minister Habib Essid said a manhunt was on for at two or three others. The identity of the attackers wasn't clear. Twitter accounts associated with the krazed killer Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group based in Syria and Iraq were described as overjoyed at the attack, urging Tunisians to "follow their brothers," according to Rita Katz of SITE, a U.S.-based organization that monitors bully boy groups. However, if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning... the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... 's foreign policy Chief Federica Mogherini blamed Islamic State on Wednesday for the attack and said that "with the attack that has struck Tunis today, the Daesh terrorist organization is once again targeting the countries and peoples of the Mediterranean region". About 50 people were maimed in the attack, which began after noon local time, according to Tunisian state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? . Security forces immediately flooded the area around the museum, and Tunisia's parliament building, where deputies were debating a new anti-terrorism law, was evacuated. Dozens of tourists scrambled from the museum holding hands or linking arms as Tunisian security forces pointed their guns toward an adjacent building. At least one couple carried two children. According to Essid, the dead include two gunnies, a Tunisian security officer and a Tunisian cleaning woman, while the rest were tourists from Italia, Poland, Germany and Spain. The Spanish Foreign Ministry has confirmed one dead. Tunisia has been struggling to keep krazed killer violence at bay since the overthrow of its dictator in 2011, and the attack was the worst on a tourist site since an al-Qaeda boom-mobile killed 21 people -- mostly Germans -- in 2002. "Our nation is in danger," Essid warned in an address on national television Wednesday evening after the siege ended. "We will be merciless in the defense of our country," he added, describing the attack as an unprecedented assault on Tunisia's economy. He promised increased security in tourist zones and asked residents to be extra alert. Several other people were reported maimed in the attack, including three Poles and at least two Italians. The Italian Foreign Ministry said 100 other Italians had been taken to a secure location. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 I see the short bus is making stops at the Burg again. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-03-19 20:12 |
| #1 Tourism in Tunisia? Think the wife and I will choose another destination for our vacation this year. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-03-19 11:30 |