Museum Attack

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Museum Attack
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Gunmen killed at least 19 people, most of them
foreign tourists, in a deadly terrorist attack on
a museum in Tunisia's capital (Tunis) in the
Bardo Museum on Wednesday. Two attackers were
killed by Tunisian security forces who moved in
to end the hostage siege but others apparently
remain at large. Another 20 foreign tourists and
two Tunisians were wounded in the violence. The
dead included citizens of Colombia, France,
Italy, Japan, Poland and Spain, as well as at
least one Tunisian security officer. The tourism
industry is a key part of Tunisia's economy, with
millions of foreigners visiting the country each
year. The attackers struck a popular cultural
attraction that's close to the country's
parliamentary building. No group has claimed
responsibility for the attack so far. The
attack, however was celebrated by ISIS supporters
online, which raises the possibility that the
museum attack could be ISIS' debut in Tunisia.
Tunisia is the sole country to have emerged from
an Arab Spring revolution with its political
process intact and that may be the reason why
terrorist organizations such as ISIS would be
interested in attacking their system.
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