2015 Sousse attacks
Mass shooting at a Tunisian tourist resort on 26 June 2015 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On 26 June 2015, a mass shooting occurred at the tourist resort at Port El Kantaoui, about 10 kilometres north of the city of Sousse, Tunisia.[1][2] Thirty-eight people, 30 of whom were British, were killed when a gunman, Seifeddine Rezgui, attacked a hotel.[6] It was the deadliest non-state attack in the history of modern Tunisia, with more fatalities than the 22 killed in the Bardo National Museum attack three months before.[7] The attack received widespread condemnation around the world.[8] The Tunisian government later "acknowledged fault" for slow police response to the attack.[9]
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2015 Sousse attacks | |
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Part of 2015 Ramadan attacks and ISIL insurgency in Tunisia | |
Location | Riu Imperial Marhaba and Soviva, Port El Kantaoui, Sousse, Tunisia[1][2] |
Coordinates | 35°54′43.52″N 10°34′48.1″E |
Date | 26 June 2015[1] c. 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.[3] (GMT+1) |
Target | European tourists staying at a hotel[1][2] |
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Deaths | 39 (including the perpetrator)[4] |
Injured | 39[1] |
Perpetrators | Seifeddine Rezgui Yacoubi Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Libya Province[5] |
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