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Tunisian police chiefs sacked over Bardo museum attack | Tunisian police chiefs sacked over Bardo museum attack |
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Tunisia's prime minister has sacked six police chiefs following last week's attack on the famous Bardo Museum. | Tunisia's prime minister has sacked six police chiefs following last week's attack on the famous Bardo Museum. |
Habib Essid had noted several security deficiencies during a visit to the museum, his office said. | Habib Essid had noted several security deficiencies during a visit to the museum, his office said. |
The Islamic State (IS) said it carried out the attack on the museum in the capital, Tunis, killing 23 people, mostly European tourists. | The Islamic State (IS) said it carried out the attack on the museum in the capital, Tunis, killing 23 people, mostly European tourists. |
Two of the gunmen were killed by the security forces, while a third was on the run, the president said. | Two of the gunmen were killed by the security forces, while a third was on the run, the president said. |
"There were certainly three attackers... there is one who is on the run, he won't get far," President Beji Caid Essebsi said on Sunday. | "There were certainly three attackers... there is one who is on the run, he won't get far," President Beji Caid Essebsi said on Sunday. |
The attack was the deadliest in Tunisia since the uprising which led to the overthrow of long-serving ruler Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011. | The attack was the deadliest in Tunisia since the uprising which led to the overthrow of long-serving ruler Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011. |
The police chiefs of Tunis and the museum were among those dismissed, Mr Essid's spokesman Mofdi Mssedi told AFP news agency. | The police chiefs of Tunis and the museum were among those dismissed, Mr Essid's spokesman Mofdi Mssedi told AFP news agency. |
Mr Essebsi said in an interview with French media that a monument would be erected in memory of the victims. | |
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The gunmen are said to have been trained in Libya in an area controlled by Islamic State (IS) militants. | |
The two gunmen seen in the video were named as Yassine Laabidi and Hatem Khachnaoui. They were both killed in a gunfight with security forces inside the building. | |
In an earlier interview with Paris Match, Mr Essebsi said that "shortcomings" in Tunisia's security system meant "the police and intelligence services had not been thorough enough in protecting the museum". | |
However, he added that the security services "reacted very efficiently" to the attack and had helped save dozens of lives. | |
Twenty foreigners were among those killed in the attack, including British, Japanese, French, Italian and Colombian tourists. | |
Following the attack, large numbers of Tunisians gathered outside the museum to protest against terrorism. | |
Tunisia has seen an upsurge in Islamist extremism since the 2011 revolution - the event that sparked the Arab Spring. | |
The leader of Tunisia's moderate Islamist party, Ennadha, says the country will continue to be under threat of attack as long as neighbouring Libya remains unstable. | |
Rached Ghannouchi told the BBC that IS would not be able to establish a foothold in Tunisia itself but young men were being armed in Libya and crossing borders that were hard to control. |