Reuters: Hostages free in Tunisia museum attack - At least 27 killed in Tunisian terrorist attack

Reuters: Hostages free in Tunisia museum attack




IN NOW TO CNN.
ACCORDING TO REUTERS, ALL OF THE
HOSTAGES IN THE STANDOFF BETWEEN
TUNISIAN AUTHORITIES DESCRIBE AS
ISLAMISTS AND POLICE IN TUNISIA,
ALL OF THE HOSTAGES HAVE BEEN
RELEASED.
THIS AFTER, ACCORDING TO REPORTS
FROM TUNISIAN OFFICIALS, EIGHT
PEOPLE WERE KILLED.
LET'S GET NOW TO ATIKA SHUBERT
WHO HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS OVER
THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS AS IT'S
BEEN DEVELOPING.
TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT WE KNOW
NOW.
>> IT APPEARS THAT REUTERS
REPORT THAT HOSTAGES HAVE BEEN
RELEASED.
WE ARE SEEING LOCAL MEDIA
REPORTS SAYING SPECIFICALLY THAT
THE GUNMEN HAVE BEEN KILLED.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO
INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRM THAT WE'RE
TRYING TO GET THOSE DETAILS.
STILL QUITE A FLUID SITUATION.
IN THE MEANTIME AS YOU POINT
OUT, EIGHT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
KILLED IN THE ATTACK INSIDE THE
MUSEUM.
A NUMBER OF THEM FOREIGN
TOURISTS.
THE SPEAKER OF FRENCH PARLIAMENT
SAID THAT ONE OF THEM MAY BE A
FRENCH TOURISTS.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO CONFIRM
THAT DETAIL AS WELL.
NOW ALSO APPEARS THAT DOZENS OF
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED AND
TAKEN TO NEARBY HOSPITALS.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW SEVERELY
WOUNDED THEY ARE IN THIS ATTACK.
WE DO KNOW FROM HOSPITALS THAT
THEY ARE CURRENTLY BEING TREATED
THERE.
SO IT DOES SEEM VERY FLUID AT
THE MOMENT.
IT'S NOT CLEAR IF THE SITUATION
IS COMPLETELY OVER BUT CLEARLY
THINGS VERY TENSE ON THE GROUND
THERE WHERE HUNDREDS OF TOURISTS
WERE IN THIS AREA.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THAT VIDEO,
THEY WERE USHERED INTO THE
MUSEUM WHEN GUNSHOTS WERE HEARD
BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD
BE SAFER IN THERE BUT THAT'S
ALSO APPARENTLY WHERE THE GUNMEN
TOOK HOSTAGES AND SO THE
TOURISTS THAT WERE IN THE MUSEUM
HAD TO BE EVACUATED BY A BACK
DOOR.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET DETAILS FROM
THE INTERIOR MINISTRY AND WE
EXPECT THE PRESIDENT OF TUNISIA
TO MAKE A STATEMENT VERY SHORTLY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cophNpcxYDs


At least 27 killed in Tunisian terrorist attack




At least 27 have been killed in a terrorist
attack on a number of Tunisian tourist hotels.
Tunisian TV ran this footage from one hotel
close to where the attacks to place.
A security source at the scene said police
had shot dead one of the gunmen who was armed
with a Kalashnikov assault rifle.
Holidaymakes heard the attack take place while
sunbathing and were told to take shelter inside.
Sousse is one of Tunisia's most popular beach
resorts, drawing visitors from Europe and
neighbouring North African countries.
This country has been on high alert since
March when Islamist militant gunmen attacked
the Bardo museum in Tunis.
That attack killed a group of foreign tourists
in one of the worst attacks in a decade in
the North African country.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebgZGwvvZZk