Tunisia said on Thursday that it had arrested 23 suspects in connection with last week’s jihadist massacre at the country’s national museum. “Twenty-three suspects including a woman have been arrested as part of a terrorist cell” involved in the attack, Interior Minister Najem Gharsalli told journalists, adding that “80% of this cell” had been broken […]
By Correspondent The Tunisia’s Bardo museum which was due for reopening on Tuesday morning has been delayed until Sunday, BBC reports. The attack killed no fewer than 22 people. Security concerns appear to have halted the reopening, according to the BBC’s Rana Jawad. The reopening, less than a week after the attacks, was intended to […]
Tunisia’s prime minister has fired five leading security officials after three gunmen attacked a Tunis museum, killing 21 in the deadliest attack on tourists in Tunisia in 13 years, the government said on Monday. The ousted officials include the director of Tunisia’s tourist police and the police chief for the neighbourhood around the National Bardo Museum, […]
Tunisian authorities have arrested more than 20 suspected militants following the Bardo museum attack when gunmen killed foreign tourists, leading to a nationwide security crackdown, the government said on Saturday. Hundreds of Tunisians gathered for a mass in the cathedral in Tunis on Saturday, lighting candles to remember the victims – 20 foreign tourists and […]
Nigeria’s flagbearers in the CAF Confederation Cup, Dolphins were ejected from the competition on Thursday after the CAF Interclubs Organising Committee decided the Garden City boys have no case in their contention against being walked over by Club Africain FC of Tunisia. The Nigerian representatives had arrived in Tunis three hours to kick-off of their […]
Four people have been arrested for direct links to Wednesday’s gun attack in Tunis that left 23 people dead, including 20 foreign tourists, the Tunisian presidency says.By Agency Report Four people have been arrested for direct links to Wednesday’s gun attack in Tunis that left 23 people dead, including 20 foreign tourists, the Tunisian […]
A gunman who carried out an attack that killed 17 tourists at Tunis’s Bardo museum was known to the authorities, Tunisia’s prime minister has said. Habib Essi told RTL Radio that security services had flagged up one of the attackers, Yassine Laabidi, but were not aware of “anything specific”, or of any links to known […]