Tunisian security forces stormed a museum rich with antiquities and killed two gunmen after a terror attack that left at least eight others dead, the country’s Interior Ministry said.
Government spokesman Mohamed Ali Aroul said one Tunisian national and seven foreigners were among those killed when two gunmen armed with automatic weapons shot their way into the building and took hostages.
One officer died in the operation to retake the building, Ali Aroul said.
Security officials freed the hostages and were sweeping the area in an effort to ensure that no other gunmen were in the area, according to multiple media reports.
“A terrorist attack (targeted) the Bardo Museum,” Aroui said, according to Al Aribiya and other news outlets. Aroui said “two or more terrorists armed with Kalashnikovs” were involved, and that most tourists were quickly evacuated.
At least six people were wounded, the Associated Press reported. Poland’s foreign ministry said three Polish nationals were among them, the Guardian reported,
British, Italian, French and Spanish nationals were among those taken hostage, the BBC reported, citing local radio reports… see more
source: usatoday
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