Tunis attack: Gunmen kill tourists in museum raid

[Thor]

At least seven foreign tourists and a Tunisian have been killed after gunmen targeted a museum in the Tunisian capital, officials say.

British, Italian, French and Spanish nationals were among those taken hostage, local radio reported.

The shooting happened at the Bardo Museum, which is next to the parliament building in central Tunis.

At the time of the attack deputies were discussing anti-terrorism legislation. Parliament has now been evacuated.

"A terrorist attack [targeted] the Bardo Museum," interior ministry spokesman Mohamed Ali Aroui told journalists.

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[Thor]

Looks like the security operation has killed the 2 gunmen:

Posted at 14:12
Tunis-based Shems FM isa now also saying that two assailants are dead and that the operation is over.
Posted at 14:10

Tunisia's Mosaique FM now reports that the security force operation is over and two gunmen are dead.
Posted at 14:09

Tunisia's Al Chourouk newspaper reports that seven of the dead are German, and one is Tunisian.

[Language]

Death toll is up to 19. It looks like there were two cruise ships docked at the Tunis port, and many of the dead are said to be tourists.

Brutal.

[Winsor_Pilates]

Yikes, terrible news.

[fulham]

Tunisia is one of the only muslim majority countries that is moving in a more liberal direction, Hopefully this unifies the population even more against radicalism,

[CofR]

My cousin and his wife live in Tunis (he works for the UN). Glad they're ok, certainly seems like Tunisia is a pretty liberal country from what they've told me.