Bardo National Museum attack

Bardo National Museum attack
Tourists, a museum employee, and a member of the Tunisian security forces were killed at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis[1]
Tunis is located in Tunisia
Tunis
Tunis
Tunis (Tunisia)
LocationTunis, Tunisia
Date18 March 2015
12:30 CET[2]
TargetParliament of Tunisia
Bardo National Museum
Attack type
Mass shooting, hostage taking
Weapons
Deaths24 (including 2 perpetrators)
Injured42[4]
PerpetratorsIslamic State Islamic State[4]
AssailantsYassine Labidi and Saber Khachnaoui (both killed)

On 18 March 2015, two militants attacked the Bardo National Museum in the Tunisian capital city of Tunis, and took hostages.[7] Twenty-one people, mostly European tourists, were killed at the scene, and an additional victim died ten days later. Around fifty others were injured.[8][9][10] The two gunmen, Tunisian citizens Yassine Labidi and Saber Khachnaoui, were killed by police.[11] Police treated the event as a terrorist attack.[12][13]

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack, and threatened to commit further attacks.[14] However, the Tunisian government blamed a local splinter group of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, called the Okba Ibn Nafaa Brigade, for the attack. A police raid killed nine members ten days later.[5]

  1. ^ Siddique, Haroon; Tran, Mark (18 March 2015). "Tunisia terror attack: 19 dead after gunmen storm museum". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Tunisia Museum Attack Is Blow to Nation's Democratic Shift". New York Times. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  3. ^ Robson, Steve (18 March 2015). "Tunisia Parliament attack". The Mirror. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  4. ^ a b Global Terrorism Database
  5. ^ a b "Thousands of Tunisians, leaders march after Bardo attack". Reuters. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Suspected al Qaeda Mastermind of Museum Terror Attack Killed in Tunisia". Vice News. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  7. ^ Tarek Amara (18 March 2015). "Gunmen storm Tunisian museum, kill two Tunisians, 17 foreign tourists site". Reuters. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  8. ^ "The Latest: French President Mourns Tunisia Victims". The New York Times. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Museum attack a 'great calamity' for Tunisia's young democracy". Los Angeles Times. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  10. ^ Death toll rises to 23, msn.com; accessed 19 March 2015.
  11. ^ "Third Tunisia museum attacker 'on the run', says president". Yahoo! News. March 22, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  12. ^ "21 dead in Tunisia attack, Including Gunmen". aljazeera.com. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  13. ^ Marszal, Andrew (18 March 2015). "Gunmen 'take hostages' in attack on Tunisia parliament". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on March 18, 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
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