20/03/2015
Officials: Tunisian gunmen trained in Libya, known to police
TUNIS, Tunisia ? The two gunmen who killed 21 people at a museum in Tunis trained in neighboring Libya before carrying out the deadly attack and were known to authorities, Tunisian security officials said Friday. The attack at the National Bardo Museum Wednesday has raised concerns about the spread of extremism in North Africa and particularly in Tunisia ? the only country to emerge from the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings with a functioning democracy. In the country's capital Tunis, hundreds citizens on Friday thronged the main avenue where demonstrators overthrew dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali four years ago, celebrating independence day in defiance of the attacks that left 17 cruise ship...
