BASICS
Just over three months after the attack on the museum Bardo, who killed 21 people in Tunis, the Tunisia is again the victim of an attack. This time, the terrorists targeted the Imperial Marhaba, a hotel located in the tourist area of Sousse, about 140 kilometers south of Tunis.
According to the latest report published by the Tunisian Ministry of the Interior, at least 27 people, including foreign tourists, were killed. The spokesman of the Ministry Mohamed Ali Aroui did not provide details on their nationality.
The assailant was killed in a shootout with police. It is not excluded that the attack was conducted by more than one person.
“A man opened fire with Kalashnikov on tourists and Tunisians who were on the hotel’s beach,” he told Reuters an employee of the establishment. “It was a young man who was wearing shorts as if it were itself a tourist.”
Last year, a suicide bomber blew himself up on a beach in Sousse, causing no casualties.
LATEST EVENTS, MINUTE BY MINUTE
4:20 p.m.: A crisis unit was opened by the Quai d’Orsay
The Foreign Ministry opened a crisis and set up an emergency number. People who have relatives in Tunisia or would like to contact the Quai d’Orsay can call 01.43.17.56.46.
16:10 The assailant was a young student from Kairouan
Rafik Chelli, Secretary of State at the Interior Ministry, told Mosaique FM that the assailant was a young student from Kairouan, about sixty kilometers west of Sousse.
16.00: The foreign victims are English, German, Czech and Polish
According Moncef Cheik Rouhou, former Tunisian deputy questioned BFMTV, foreign victims would be English, German, Czech and Polish.
3:50 p.m.: Francois Hollande and the Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi held talks on the phone
The Heads of States and Tunisian French, whose countries have both been hit by attack Friday, have phoned. “The two Presidents expressed their solidarity against the terrorism and their intention to continue and intensify their cooperation in the fight against this scourge,” said a statement from the Elysee.
15:45 The attack took place around noon according to the testimony of a British tourist
has Skynews able to obtain the testimony of a British tourist, Gary Pine, who said the attack occurred around noon. “My 22 year old son had to return to swim (…) when we saw a hundred meters to our left what we thought was fireworks. It was only when we started to hear fuser bullets we realized it was much more serious than fireworks. (…) There was a mass exodus from the beach (…) and there were some minor injuries in shock or panic, he has said. I believe I have heard twenty or thirty shots, there was not bad. (…) I am now at the reception with about 200 other foreign customers. Should we go? Where to? It’s a deadly calm now. ”
15.30: The shooter would have happened by the beach, and shot on tourists using a Kalashnikov.
Asked about LCI, Jihan Bergaoui, a journalist based in Tunis, gave details on the circumstances of the attack. “One of the gunmen came from the beach. It would come in shorts with a bag. He bathed and then went to grab a Kalashnikov in his bag and pulled on tourists present on the beach, before being shot. ”
3:20 p.m.: The first images of the attack in Sousse
3:10 p.m.: Amina Benfadel, Tunisian blogger, talks about the attack and said he was” shocked “
3:05 p.m. Manuel Valls honors the victims
On Twitter, the Prime Minister Manuel Valls paid tribute to the victims “terrorists” in Isere but also in Tunisia.
2:50 p.m.: The attack was a disaster for the country, a large part of the economy is based on tourism
2:10 p.m.: The first pictures of the area around the beach
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