17 tourists killed as gunmen attack Tunisia museum

[WorldNews]

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Gunmen stormed Tunisia's national museum, killing 17 tourists of various nationalities and two Tunisians in an attack that raised fears for the birthplace of the Arab Spring. The brazen daylight assault sparked panic at the nearby parliament and the National Bardo Museum itself, a magnet for the tourists who contribute so much to the economy. The gunmen, dressed in military uniforms, opened fire on the tourists as they got off a bus then chased them inside the museum, said Prime Minister Habib Essid. Among the dead were five Japanese, four Italians, a Colombian mother and child and one each from Australia, France, Poland and Spain, Essid announced on television in what he said was a definitive toll.

 

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