Tunisia (Photo : REUTERS/ ZOUBEIR SOUISSI)
Tunisia's Ministry of Interior recently issued a statement confirming the news that two of the three escaped gunmen that attacked a Tunisian museum were apprehended. The last one is still at large and Tunisian authorities are already on a man-hunt to capture escaped gunman.
According to Fox News, five armed men opened fire at people visiting the National Bardo Museum located in the Tunisian capital of Tunis early Wednesday morning. The report added that at least 21 people were killed during the attack, 17 of which were tourists on vacation. At least 21 more were wounded as well.
Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid said on a statement broadcasted on national television that the 17 tourist killed during the attack were composed of foreign nationals coming from Spain, Italy, Germany and Poland.
The Polish Foreign Ministry has already confirmed that three of its citizens were among those who were wounded while the Italian Foreign Ministry stated that two Italians were wounded and hundred others were evacuated to safe locations.
During the attack, several tourist were held hostage by the gunmen but were immediately rescued after Tunisian authorities stormed the museum killing two of the attackers. During the raid, a police officer and a cleaning woman were among those who were killed.
Among those taken hostages were Spanish, Italian, French and British nationals, BBC reported.
The attack has already garnered worldwide condemnation from several heads of states.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said in a statement, "I condemn this terrorist attack in the strongest terms...we are very alert about how the situation is evolving."
No group has yet to claim responsibility for the attack. However, Tunisia has been in constant scuffle with some Islamist extremist group in recent years with some groups reported to have direct link to the Islamic State.
