What Muslims Are Good At:
From AP:
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Foreign tourists scrambled in panic Wednesday after militants stormed a museum in Tunisia's capital and killed 19 people, "shooting at anything that moved," a witness said.
Two gunmen were slain by security forces following the deadliest attack on civilians in the North African country in 13 years, and the president said the young democracy was embroiled in a war with terror.
The militants, who wore military-style uniforms and wielded assault rifles, burst from a vehicle and began gunning down tourists climbing out of buses at the National Bardo Museum.
The attackers then charged inside to take hostages before being killed in a firefight with security forces. Authorities launched a manhunt for two or three accomplices in the attack.
Prime Minister Habib Essid said the two Tunisian gunmen killed 17 tourists — five from Japan, four from Italy, two from Colombia, two from Spain, and one each from Australia, Poland and France.
The nationality of one dead foreigner was not released. Essid said two Tunisian nationals also were killed by the militants.
At least 44 people were wounded, including tourists from Italy, France, Japan, South Africa, Poland, Belgium and Russia, according to Essid and doctors from Tunis' Charles Nicolle.
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FWIW, just one day prior to the attack on the museum:
Tourism minister Selma Elluni Rekik told ANSA on Tuesday that Tunisia is entirely safe for visitors
" She denied reports of terrorism-linked risks in the country and said that videos that had circulated online were false. ''Of course the situation in Libya,'' she told ANSA, ''does not help, as is always the case when there are problems in neighboring countries. However, our borders are absolutely impermeable to any infiltration attempt. There is no security problem in Tunisia. Everything is under control.'' Reassurances from the minister are corroborated by a massive security presence and youths crowding the capital's nightclubs - youths who were the leading players in the Jasmine Revolution, which culminated in the January 2011 fall of the Ben Ali regime.
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