Tunis museum attack: 19 people killed after hostage drama at tourist site

UK Guardian ^ | 3-18-2015 | UKG

[tcrlaf]

At least 19 people have been killed in Tunisia after two gunmen stormed the Bardo national museum – one of the country’s leading tourist attractions in the capital, Tunis – sparking a three-hour hostage siege.

Tunisia’s prime minister, Habib Essid, said on Wednesday afternoon that 17 of the dead were foreigners – from Germany, Italy, Spain and Poland – calling the attack a cowardly assault targeting the economy.

Three hours after the attack started at about midday local time (11am GMT), an interior ministry spokesman said two gunmen had been killed, as well as one security officer, and that all hostages had been freed.

Poland’s foreign ministry said that three Poles were among the six wounded.

The Bardo, which includes one of the world’s largest collections of Roman mosaics, is one of the country’s biggest tourist attractions.

[tcrlaf]

Obama's "Religion of Peace!" strikes again.

Per PZ Feed, the hostages were Polish, Spanish, German, and Italian.

[SevenofNine]

And Al Shabtah glee club announced responsiblty on this according this morning Al Jazeera news

[Vaquero]

Any westerner with any brains stays out of Islamic countries for vacation.

[tcrlaf]

Lots of pics on twitter of the hostages, apparently taken and uploaded by one of them, before the police assault.

[the scotsman]

So sad.

I have been to Tunisia. Lovely country, friendly people.

[AU72]

Tourism in the Middle East should be dead, not tourists.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

I have been to Tunisia. Lovely country, friendly people...

A thing of the past...

[AngelesCrestHighway]

I think I’ll see America before going overseas...

[DesertRhino]

Part of me is sicked at the need for it. But until tourists have universal concealed carry rights, this crap will never end.

[SkyDancer]

The ROP spreading peace again ...

[Blue Jays]

"Any westerner with any brains stays out of Islamic countries for vacation."

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You can say that again.
My plans for the foreseeable future are for DOMESTIC tourism within the fifty United States of America.

[Lazamataz]

You can say that again. My plans for the foreseeable future are for DOMESTIC tourism within the fifty United States of America.

Be careful. The DHS is on the lookout for domestic tourrerists.

[DesertRhino]

And people should take a minute and Google images on that museum, just to see what was attacked. Sickening.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Islam apologists in 3, 2, 1....

[Genoa]

Tunisia will be the staging area for ISIS assault on Europe.

[driftless2]

Certainly, this won’t be the last Islamo-terrorist attack. They keep occurring on a regular basis. Until the Euros realize that Israel is a red herring for Islamic terrorism, these things will keep on happening. Time to cull the herd.

[elcid1970]

It’s limited by reciprocity state by state, but tourists in America do have concealed carry rights for the most part.

Old slogan: “See America first”.

Why be disarmed & helpless in countries where the locals hate you & want you dead because you’re an “infidel”?

Worse, why be paying for the privilege?

[refermech]

tourorests too

[Mathews]

It’s in Africa...

[Blue Jays]

"But until tourists have universal concealed carry rights, this crap will never end."

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Not quite sure how I feel about sleeper cell radicalized Islamic jihadists visiting my area as "tourists" with their freshly-minted Universal CCW credentials. ;-)