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2023 Djerba synagogue shooting. On May 9, 2023, Wissam Khazri, a 30-year-old national guardsman, killed five people in a mass shooting at the El Ghriba Synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia. Khazri initially killed a colleague and seized his ammunition before targeting the synagogue, where a large gathering of Jewish pilgrims were celebrating Lag BaOmer.
Assailant. Seifeddine Rezgui Yacoubi. On 26 June 2015, a mass shooting occurred at the tourist resort at Port El Kantaoui, about 10 kilometres north of the city of Sousse, Tunisia. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Thirty-eight people, 30 of whom were British, were killed when a gunman, Seifeddine Rezgui, attacked a hotel. [ 6 ]
Anti-terrorism protests began in central Tunis after the attack, with crowds reportedly chanting, "Tunisia is free, terrorism out." [28] On 24 March, nearly a week after the attack, the museum held a ceremonial reopening. Simultaneously, thousands of Tunisians and tourists staged a march in Tunis to show their solidarity with the slain victims.
30. Gafsa events – It was a planned coup by Tunisian opponents who leaked from Tebessa in Algeria to Gafsa with the help of Libya and Algeria. The people of Gafsa rejected this coup, and the Tunisian army took control of the situation, which severely affected Tunisia's relations with Libya and Algeria. 2 August 1987. Attack.
The Tunisian Interior Ministry announced that this was an act of terrorism, [10] using a Semtex explosive traced to Libya. [11] The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militant group claimed responsibility for the attack in an online statement, [12] though authorities did not discuss any ties between the bomber and extremist groups.
On 11 May four police men were killed by an ISIL attack, with the suicide bomber dying as well. This followed the death of two suspected terrorists near Tunis. [8] On 26 October Two Americans were detained by the authorities in Jendouba (north-western Tunisia), being suspected of involvement with a terrorist organisation. [45]
ISIL also claimed responsibility for the attacks in Tunisia, Syria and Kuwait. [13] According to The Guardian, there is no evidence that the attacks were coordinated among the perpetrators, [14] but their timing on a single day received significant coverage. One security analyst said the attacks added up to "an unprecedented day for terrorism."
14 wounded [4] 7 civilians killed. 3 civilians wounded [4] † Head of counter-terrorism division assassinated in home by militants. [2] The Battle of Ben Guerdane occurred on March 7, 2016, in the city of Ben Gardane in Tunisia on the border with Libya. Islamic State forces attempted to seize the city, but were repulsed by the Tunisian military.