Attack of the Bardo museum: a fourth French victim – The World

The Monde.fr with AFP and Reuters 03/28/2015 at 6:51 p.m. The • Updated 28/03/2015 at 9:03 p.m.

A wall riddled with bullets at the Bardo Museum in Tunis. Credits: AP / Hassene Dridi

French hit in the attack of the Bardo Museum in Tunis on March 18 succumbed to his injuries, announced Saturday, March 28 the Elysee. His death brings to four the number of French killed in the attack claimed by the Islamic State. “The president expressed his deep sadness following the death of M ^me Huguette Dupeu” , writes the French Presidency in a statement.

The Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, also expressed his excitement in the evening on social networks:

Francois Hollande will pay tribute to the victims at the “great march against terrorism” organized Sunday in the Tunisian capital. The Head of State was informed on 20 March that the prognosis of one of the French seriously injured in the attack was committed. In total, the attack against the Bardo Museum killed 22 people, including 21 foreign tourists.