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| Tunis Bardo museum: 'Four suspects' arrested for links to attack | Tunis Bardo museum: 'Four suspects' arrested for links to attack |
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| Four people have been arrested for direct links to Wednesday's gun attack in Tunis that left 23 people dead, including 20 foreign tourists, the Tunisian presidency says. | Four people have been arrested for direct links to Wednesday's gun attack in Tunis that left 23 people dead, including 20 foreign tourists, the Tunisian presidency says. |
| The army will also be deployed to major cities, the presidency added. | The army will also be deployed to major cities, the presidency added. |
| One of two gunman involved in the Bardo museum attack, Yassine Laabidi, was reportedly known to the authorities. | One of two gunman involved in the Bardo museum attack, Yassine Laabidi, was reportedly known to the authorities. |
| Laabidi and his accomplice, Hatem Khachnaoui, were killed as security forces stormed the museum. | Laabidi and his accomplice, Hatem Khachnaoui, were killed as security forces stormed the museum. |
| Tourists from Japan, Colombia, the UK and other European countries were killed in the attack. | Tourists from Japan, Colombia, the UK and other European countries were killed in the attack. |
| The suspects arrested on Thursday were not identified and it was not clear what their alleged involvement might have been. | |
| In a statement, the presidency said Tunisia was facing "exceptional circumstances", adding that "terrorist operations have now moved from the mountains to the cities". | |
| "After a meeting with the armed forces, the president has decided large cities will be secured by the army," the statement added. | |
| Stopovers suspended | |
| On Thursday, two Spanish tourists and a Tunisian museum worker were found at the museum after having hidden there overnight believing the attack might not have been over, police said. | |
| The attack is a huge blow for Tunisia's tourism industry and its government, which only emerged at the end of a long political transition several months ago, the BBC's Arab affairs editor Sebastian Usher says. | |
| Two cruise companies - MSC Cruises and Costa Cruises - said they were suspending stopovers in Tunis. |