Newsletter Newsletters Events Events Podcasts Videos Africanews
Loader
Advertisement

Tunisia and international tourists suffer ISIL terrorism

Tunisia and international tourists suffer ISIL terrorism
Copyright 
By Euronews
Published on
Share this article Comments
Share this article Close Button

Terrorism struck Tunisia this week — a massacre at the capital’s national museum, claiming 23 victims, all but one of them foreign tourists. Swiss

Terrorism struck Tunisia this week — a massacre at the capital’s national museum, claiming 23 victims, all but one of them foreign tourists. Swiss TSR

Tunisia began the Arab Spring in December 2010, rebelling against president Ben Ali’s rule of 23 years, forcing him to go, and kickstarting democracy. Swiss Italian RSI

The standard of living was just starting to pick up. The attack came at the start of the tourist season. It had only just begun to recover from the backlash of the revolution, France 2

The extremist group calling itself Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack. ISIL has thousands of Tunisians in its ranks, and the borders with Libya and Algeria are sorely exposed. Italy’s RAI 3

Go to accessibility shortcuts
Share this article Comments

Read more

Iraq says some US military personnel will stay due to Islamic State threat in Syria

Suspected terror cell dismantled in Belgium thought to be planning attack on PM Bart De Wever

UK synagogue attacker claimed allegiance to so-called Islamic State group, police say