Bardo National Museum attack
On 18 March 2015, two militants attacked the Bardo National Museum in the Tunisian capital city of Tunis, and took hostages. Twenty-one people, mostly European tourists, were killed at the scene, and an additional victim died ten days later. Around fifty others were injured. The two gunmen, Tunisian citizens Yassine Labidi and Saber Khachnaoui, were killed by police. Police treated the event as a terrorist attack.
| Bardo National Museum attack | |
|---|---|
Tourists, a museum employee, and a member of the Tunisian security forces were killed at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis | |
Tunis Tunis (Tunisia) | |
| Location | Tunis, Tunisia |
| Date | 18 March 2015 12:30 CET |
| Target | Parliament of Tunisia Bardo National Museum |
Attack type | Mass shooting, hostage taking |
| Weapons | |
| Deaths | 24 (including 2 perpetrators) |
| Injured | 42 |
| Perpetrators | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Algeria Province |
| Assailants | Yassine Labidi and Saber Khachnaoui (both killed) Unidentified third suspect (at large) |
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack, and threatened to commit further attacks. However, the Tunisian government blamed a local splinter group of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, called the Okba Ibn Nafaa Brigade, for the attack. A police raid killed nine members ten days later.
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