At least 27 people, mostly foreigners, have been killed in an attack on a beach near two tourist hotels in the Tunisian resort town of Sousse, according to the interior ministry. Officials say one gunman has been shot dead and another is being pursued. This comes on the same day as a man was decapitated at a French factory and a Shia Mosque in Kuwait was attacked.
Sousse is a popular tourist destination, and Tunisia has been on high alert since March when militants killed 22 people, mainly foreign tourists, in an attack on a museum in the capital Tunis.
The interior ministry told the BBC “a terrorist attack” was ongoing. Officials say six people have been injured in the attack. A British man on holiday told the BBC that he heard the attack on a neighboring hotel. From his room, he saw a man with a pistol but did not know whether this was an attacker or a member of the security forces.
The Islamic State had called for its followers to increase attacks during Ramadan, but no one has yet claimed responsibility for this attack.
[via BBC]
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