Tunisia parliament approves 'anti-terror' law after Islamic State attacks

[WorldNews]

Tunisia's parliament on Saturday overwhelmingly approved legislation allowing the death penalty for those convicted on terrorism charges after Islamist militant attacks that killed dozens of foreign visitors in the past few months. Last month, a gunman killed 38 mostly British tourists in the Tunisian seaside city of Sousse. Both attacks were claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group.

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