Tunisia: the assailants, bruised tourism


Yassine Abidi and Hatem Khachnaoui two Tunisian sounding names. These are the two men who made carnage yesterday in the Bardo Museum in Tunis. Authorities have identified the assailants after they were shot. The attack, still not claimed, killed 19 people, including 17 tourists, including two French. Forty-four people were injured, the Tunisian president visited at their bedside.


"May God forgive those responsible for this disaster, said the president Beji Caid Essebsi. We must not cry over our fate, we must use all possible means to combat terrorism. "


The attack Bardo lasted four hours, during which the terrorists brought death into the museum. This attack is unprecedented since 2002 and the suicide bombing of Al Qaeda against a synagogue in Djerba in southern Tunisia. He had killed 21 people.


Like last night, a silent rally was held this afternoon near the Bardo Museum. Aim to show national unity of the whole country to terrorism.

An attack against tourism


This morning, the cruise ship carrying most of the tourists killed or injured in the attack resumed off in a hurry, leaving behind a Tunisia will struggle to recover from the attack. After the crisis of the Arab Spring, it is a blow to the tourism industry, a strategic sector of the country.




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