Gunmen murdered at least eight tourists and took dozens more hostage in attacks on the Tunisian Parliament and a nearby museum today.
Children are among the hostages being held at the Bardo Museum in Tunisia.
Eight people are dead – Seven tourists and one Tunisian.
Reuters reported:
At least eight tourists were killed and others were taken hostage by militants who attacked Tunisia’s parliament compound, which includes a museum, a spokesman for the interior ministry said on Wednesday.
DEVELOPING: Photos obtained by IBTimes' @AlessandriaMasi allegedly show the inside of the #BardoMuseum in Tunisia. pic.twitter.com/DXoPDznKxw
— IBTimes (@IBTimes) March 18, 2015
The terrorists took several hostages at the Bardo Museum.
Gunmen attack Tunisian parliament and kill 8 tourists http://t.co/0ihz1W8fPU pic.twitter.com/iJkYozdQLy
— GlobalPost (@GlobalPost) March 18, 2015
HERE is video at the scene of the Bardo compound.
Here is the scene at the Bardo compound in Tunisia as hostages escape terror attack pic.twitter.com/d05GbuiA6T
— Borzou Daragahi (@borzou) March 18, 2015
Two Britons and two Italians are among the dead.
UPDATE: Two terrorists and a police officer are dead.
Two gunmen who attacked a museum in the Tunisian capital have been killed as well as a policeman, state television said, without specifying if the incident was over.
“A policeman and two terrorists were killed,” Wataniya 1 television reported. A police source confirmed the death of the policeman to AFP.
BREAKING: #Tunisia state television cites MoI as saying kidnappers in Bardo terror attack dead, operation over
— Borzou Daragahi (@borzou) March 18, 2015
UPDATE: FOX News reported 19 were killed including two terrorists.
