Back هجوم متحف باردو 2015 Arabic Anschlag in Tunis 2015 German Atako al Muzeo de Bardo Esperanto Ataque al Museo Nacional del Bardo Spanish Terroriakt Bardo rahvusmuuseumis Estonian حمله به موزه ملی باردو Persian Bardon kansallismuseon isku Finnish Attaque du musée du Bardo French הפיגוע במוזיאון הלאומי בארדו HE 2015-ös tuniszi terrortámadás Hungarian

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
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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]

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  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.
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference huff was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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