Tunis, March 18: At least eight tourists were killed and others were taken hostage by militants who attacked Tunisia’s parliament compound, which includes a museum, a spokesman for the interior ministry said on Wednesday. A group of militants disguised as soldiers entered the Bardo museum through the Tunisian parliament building on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported. According to an earlier report, gunshots were heard near the parliament complex on Wednesday morning, which was immediately evacuated. Tunisia is the first country where the “Arab Spring” revolution began in 2010. (IANS)
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