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TUNISIA: President Urges Unity to Fight Terror

TUNISIA: President Urges Unity to Fight Terror Security is heightened following the deadliest attack since the 2011 uprising, and the first claimed by the Islamic State group. President Beji Caid Essebsi urged Tunisians to unite to fight terrorism, two days after a jihadist attack on March 18th targeted the Bardo museum in Tunis and killed at least 21 people, mostly European tourists. Witnesses said the gunmen, carrying assault rifles, opened fire on tourists outside the museum in front of a row of buses before charging inside and taking hostages. After rampaging through the museum for several hours, the two gunmen were killed in an assault by security forces. The brazen daylight assault sparked panic at the parliament, which is next to the museum, and where hearings on Tunisia's anti‐terrorism law were taking place at the time. “We won't win if we don't stand together,” the President said in a national address marking 59 years of Tunisia's independence from France . Earlier, the President had visited some of the dozens being treated for wounds in a Tunis hospital, and denounced the “horrible crime.” “I want the Tunisian people to understand that we are in a war against terrorism and that these savage minorities do not frighten http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
© 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
ISSN
0001-9844
eISSN
1467-825X
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-825X.2015.06188.x
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Abstract

Security is heightened following the deadliest attack since the 2011 uprising, and the first claimed by the Islamic State group. President Beji Caid Essebsi urged Tunisians to unite to fight terrorism, two days after a jihadist attack on March 18th targeted the Bardo museum in Tunis and killed at least 21 people, mostly European tourists. Witnesses said the gunmen, carrying assault rifles, opened fire on tourists outside the museum in front of a row of buses before charging inside and taking hostages. After rampaging through the museum for several hours, the two gunmen were killed in an assault by security forces. The brazen daylight assault sparked panic at the parliament, which is next to the museum, and where hearings on Tunisia's anti‐terrorism law were taking place at the time. “We won't win if we don't stand together,” the President said in a national address marking 59 years of Tunisia's independence from France . Earlier, the President had visited some of the dozens being treated for wounds in a Tunis hospital, and denounced the “horrible crime.” “I want the Tunisian people to understand that we are in a war against terrorism and that these savage minorities do not frighten

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Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural SeriesWiley

Published: Apr 1, 2015

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