Thursday, March 19, 2015

Fears for two Britons caught up in Tunisia

By: Unknown on 1:33 PM

Fears for two Britons caught up in Tunisia museum terror attack that killed 22 as guide reveals terrifying moment 'ISIS militants' gunned down tourists as they got off buses

Some 17 foreigners killed in terror attack at Bardo Museum in Tunisia
Two gunmen, security officer, cleaner, and police officer also dead
Attackers 'hunted down' tourists indiscriminately in shocking killings
Another 30 people were held hostage before police raided the building
Both attackers and a policeman were killed in the ensuing shootout
Dead included nationals from Japan, Italy, Poland, Germany and Spain
Tunisian PM Habib Essid warns attackers may have had accomplices

Two Britons were ‘caught up in’ the shocking shootings in Tunisia that left 22 people dead, the Foreign Office revealed last night.

Seventeen tourists were killed when gunmen stormed the country's national museum yesterday, while a security officer, cleaner, police officer and two gunmen also died.

The nationality of one of the tourists is still unknown, but the others are from Japan, Italy, Colombia, Spain, Australia, Poland and France, Tunisia's Prime Minister Habib Essid said.

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A wounded victim of the attack is evacuated by rescue workers outside the museum yesterday

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At least six others were wounded in the attack. Tunisian authorities are now hunting several men believed to have helped carry out the massacre

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Pictures from French TV show people fleeing from the museum with armed security services providing cover as they run up the steps

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Tourists and visitors to the Bardo museum are evacuated from the area by security forces

Tunisian forces free all hostages from Tunis museum

Video showed gunmen in military uniform storm the Bardo Museum, killing mainly foreign tourists who were visiting the attraction's world renowned collection of Roman mosaics.

A Tunisian tourist guide told how he 'stared death in the face' as terrorists opened fire on his clients in the attack which saw people shot as they exited cruise ship buses parked outside the museum.

The gunmen, disguised as soldiers, then entered the museum and took 30 more tourists hostage before police swarmed the building and killed them in a shootout which also claimed an officer's life