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said two gunmen had opened fire on the beach between two hotels at the
tourist resort, and that one was still on the run
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Tunisia's interior ministry said two gunmen had opened fire on the
beach between two hotels at the tourist resort, and that one was still
on the run.
Security sources told the Reuters news agency that an exchange of gunfire had been reported at the scene, and that one gunman has been killed.
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An official with the interior ministry said the death toll included foreign nationals.
Sousse sits on the Mediterranean Sea and is highly popular with British tourists, and is cited on holiday operator Thomson's list of prime destinations for Britons in Tunisia.
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Speaking
to Sky News from the hotel, one British tourist travelling with his
family said they had been told to remain inside and not to go down to
the beach.
He said he was on the beach and heard what "we thought was firecrackers going off" 100 yards away, followed by an explosion from the next hotel complex along.
"There was a mass exodus off the beach," he told Sky News. He said his son said he had seen someone get shot on the beach.
The attack comes only three months after three Islamist gunmen
shot dead dozens of people at the Bardo museum in the country’s capital
Tunis. The country’s tourist industry has been on high alert since the
attack.
Experts said the Sousse attack was more likely to be the work of Isis militants than any other terror group, though there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
It came after an attack on a French factory just outside Lyon and a bombing of a Shia mosque in Kuwait earlier on Friday, both of which were reported to be Isis-linked.
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Security sources told the Reuters news agency that an exchange of gunfire had been reported at the scene, and that one gunman has been killed.
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An official with the interior ministry said the death toll included foreign nationals.
Sousse sits on the Mediterranean Sea and is highly popular with British tourists, and is cited on holiday operator Thomson's list of prime destinations for Britons in Tunisia.
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Speaking
to Sky News from the hotel, one British tourist travelling with his
family said they had been told to remain inside and not to go down to
the beach.He said he was on the beach and heard what "we thought was firecrackers going off" 100 yards away, followed by an explosion from the next hotel complex along.
"There was a mass exodus off the beach," he told Sky News. He said his son said he had seen someone get shot on the beach.
Experts said the Sousse attack was more likely to be the work of Isis militants than any other terror group, though there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
It came after an attack on a French factory just outside Lyon and a bombing of a Shia mosque in Kuwait earlier on Friday, both of which were reported to be Isis-linked.
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