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| Tunis museum attack: Briton among tourists killed in shootings | Tunis museum attack: Briton among tourists killed in shootings |
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| A British woman was among at least 21 people killed in shootings at a museum in Tunis on Wednesday, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said. | A British woman was among at least 21 people killed in shootings at a museum in Tunis on Wednesday, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said. |
| He said Sally Jane Adey had died in the "cowardly terrorist attack". | He said Sally Jane Adey had died in the "cowardly terrorist attack". |
| A Tunisian police officer and tourists from Japan, Italy, Colombia, Australia, Spain, France and Poland were also among those killed in the attack at the Bardo Museum, Tunisian officials said. | |
| Security forces killed the two gunmen. Four people have also been arrested. | |
| Prime Minister David Cameron has condemned the "appalling and brutal" attack and said the government was doing all it could to help Ms Adey's family. | Prime Minister David Cameron has condemned the "appalling and brutal" attack and said the government was doing all it could to help Ms Adey's family. |
| Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid has said one of the gunmen involved was known to security services. | |
| Speaking to a French radio station, Mr Essid said that while Yassine Laabidi had been flagged up, nothing specific was known about him or whether he had any links to known militant groups. | |
| The other gunman has been named as Hatem Khachnaoui. | |
| On Thursday, three people - two Spanish tourists and one Tunisian museum worker - were found at the museum after having hidden there overnight, police said. | |
| Tunisia's Culture Minister, Latifa Lakhdar, told reporters that the museum would reopen to the public early next week. | |
| Mr Cameron said: "This is the latest example of extremist terror and we have to fight it with every thing we have: whether that is taking the poison out of young minds here in Britain, whether it is working with intelligence, policing and security services in other countries around the world, dealing decisively in the areas of the world from which these problems come. | Mr Cameron said: "This is the latest example of extremist terror and we have to fight it with every thing we have: whether that is taking the poison out of young minds here in Britain, whether it is working with intelligence, policing and security services in other countries around the world, dealing decisively in the areas of the world from which these problems come. |
| "Of course the extremists, the terrorists hate democracy. They hate the idea that people should be able to chose their own government | "Of course the extremists, the terrorists hate democracy. They hate the idea that people should be able to chose their own government |
| "But we mustn't let democracy, freedom, the rule of law - things we hold dear, the people of Tunisia hold dear - we must not let them be defeated or undermined by extremists and terrorists." | "But we mustn't let democracy, freedom, the rule of law - things we hold dear, the people of Tunisia hold dear - we must not let them be defeated or undermined by extremists and terrorists." |
| The Bardo National Museum | The Bardo National Museum |
| Mr Hammond, who is in Nairobi, told the BBC British consular staff were helping Ms Adey's family. "My thoughts are with them at this very difficult time," he added. | Mr Hammond, who is in Nairobi, told the BBC British consular staff were helping Ms Adey's family. "My thoughts are with them at this very difficult time," he added. |
| "The Tunisian people are rightly proud of their democratic transition. Cowardly attacks, such as the one we saw yesterday, must not be allowed to undermine what they have achieved." | "The Tunisian people are rightly proud of their democratic transition. Cowardly attacks, such as the one we saw yesterday, must not be allowed to undermine what they have achieved." |
| On Thursday, three people - two Spanish tourists and one Tunisian museum worker - were found at the museum after having hidden there overnight, police said. | On Thursday, three people - two Spanish tourists and one Tunisian museum worker - were found at the museum after having hidden there overnight, police said. |
| Officials in Tunisia say that more than 40 people, including tourists and Tunisians, were injured. | Officials in Tunisia say that more than 40 people, including tourists and Tunisians, were injured. |