As an update to our earlier report, up to 21 victims have been killed in the attack on the museum in Tunis, Tunisia according the Interior Minister and the situation is still on-going.
Reports indicate that shots are still being heard as the situation continues to grow and a search is being conducted for 2 to 3 more individuals who conducted a ‘supportive’ role in the attack.
Tunisia’s prime minister says 21 people are dead after an attack on a major museum, including 17 foreign tourists — and that two or three of the attackers remain at large.
Habib Essid told national television that the foreigners included tourists from Poland, Italy, Germany and Spain.
He said that two of the attackers were killed in a gunfight with police on Wednesday, and that security forces are hunting for two or three others believed to have been involved.
A Tunisian citizen and a policeman also died in the attack, Essid said.
Foreign tourists ran for shelter, covered by security forces aiming rifles into the air, live television footage showed.
Security forces were surrounding at least two militants in the Bardo museum, a venue in central Tunis on the parliament grounds that is a popular site for visiting foreigners, the interior ministry spokesman said.
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