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Tunisia Promises 'Merciless War Against Terrorism'
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Police officers are seen on the pavement outside
parliament in Tunis March 18, 2015.
REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi
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TUNIS — The Islamic State said Thursday that two of its fighters had carried out an attack on a museum here that killed 20 foreign tourists, a rampage that raised fears of the jihadist group’s growing international footprint.
In an audio recording distributed online, the Islamic State said the two gunmen, both said to be Tunisians, struck “citizens of the Crusader countries” in the attack on Wednesday, according to a translation by the SITE Intelligence Group.
The statement marked the first time the Islamic State has claimed an operation in the tiny North African nation, although the group boasts thousands of Tunisian fighters among its ranks in Iraq and Syria. It was not possible to independently confirm the claim by the Islamic State.
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