The Bardo museum in Tunis was attacked earlier this morning by suspected Islamic terrorists with Tunisia’s premiere reporting 19 people killed in the attack, 17 of whom were foreign tourists:
#Tunisia premier says 19 killed in museum attack, including 17 foreigners pic.twitter.com/stUsM0wYtG
— Reuters Africa (@ReutersAfrica) March 18, 2015
#Tunisia PM says 19 killed, including the 2 assailants, in #Tunis attack.
— Douglas Herbert (@dougf24) March 18, 2015
#TUNISIA : Polish, Italian, German and Spanish tourists killed in #Tunis attack (PM) http://t.co/LdSF5PnOUj pic.twitter.com/KOWw6Gp8yn
— FRANCE 24 (@FRANCE24) March 18, 2015
#Tunisia attack: Hostage crisis over, 2 militants killed. @SimNasr explains on @FRANCE24 https://t.co/aZNzYTLgZd pic.twitter.com/rofjhOqj1V
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) March 18, 2015
BREAKING: Tunisian PM: 19 dead, including 17 foreign tourists, in Tunis terror attack: http://t.co/hWWOtywLHN pic.twitter.com/SdBaZ57lYj
— ABC News (@ABC) March 18, 2015
Attack in #Tunisia: Today #terrorism has struck -and this is not by chance– a country that represents hope in the Arab world @LaurentFabius
— France Diplomacy?? (@francediplo_EN) March 18, 2015
“RT@NBCNews: UPDATE: 19 dead, 24 wounded in attack on tourist attraction in Tunisia http://t.co/6Rwx6Pefxv pic.twitter.com/T5K1gifcTi”
— Grahame Lucas #FBPE #FBR (@GrahameLucas) March 18, 2015
The BBC is reporting that both gunman were killed, along with a policeman, “in the subsequent security operation.”
Some photos from inside the museum, including one reportedly being shared by ISIS social media accounts:
ISIS Twitter accounts have been circulating this photo from inside the museum in #Tunisia H/T @MichaelSSmithII pic.twitter.com/rJmGkU1oJO
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) March 18, 2015
More From inside the museum in Tunisia , some are westerners and other are #Tunisia-n citizen pic.twitter.com/RECnZezcCw
— Nasser Atta (@nasseratta5) March 18, 2015
#BREAKING | Tunisia PM says death toll of museum shooting is 19. 17 are foreign tourists. Photo: @SRodrigoteleSUR pic.twitter.com/5eVJ56GadD
— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) March 18, 2015
Today’s terror attack comes shortly after President Obama appeared in a video message at the opening of the Investment and Entrepreneurship Conference in Tunisia promoting democracy and economic development in the region:
US will support new entrepreneurs in Tunisia and world (Obama) http://t.co/p5p41gq5Vs
— U.S. Commerce Dept. (@CommerceGov) March 6, 2015
Pres. Obama: “Tunisia’s democratic progress and #Tunisia’s economic progress go hand in hand" → http://t.co/fjh74440NR #IECTunis
— Charles H. Rivkin (@CharlieRivkin) March 5, 2015
Updates to follow.
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Update 11:50:
21 dead in attack on Tunisian museum; 2-3 gunmen at large http://t.co/9peSqAFsOX
— Globalnews.ca (@globalnews) March 18, 2015
UPDATE: 21 dead in attack on #Tunisia museum; 2-3 gunmen at large http://t.co/XYKBrKHkBX pic.twitter.com/yHbAKZc0Ph
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) March 18, 2015
At least 17 killed in #Tunisia museum attack; 3 gunmen at large: http://t.co/4PDmgySrAj
— FOX 17 (@FOX17) March 18, 2015