2015 Sousse attacks

2015 Sousse attacks
Part of 2015 Ramadan attacks and ISIL insurgency in Tunisia
The Hotel Imperial Marhaba in Sousse in 2004
Sousse is located in Tunisia
Sousse
Sousse
LocationRiu Imperial Marhaba and Soviva, Port El Kantaoui, Sousse, Tunisia[1][2]
Coordinates35°54′43.52″N 10°34′48.1″E / 35.9120889°N 10.580028°E / 35.9120889; 10.580028
Date26 June 2015[1]
c. 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.[3] (GMT+1)
TargetEuropean tourists staying at a hotel[1][2]
Weapons
Deaths39 (including the perpetrator)[4]
Injured39[1]
PerpetratorsSeifeddine Rezgui Yacoubi
Islamic State Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Libya Province[5]

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]

  1. ^ a b c d e Amara, Tarek (26 June 2015). "Gunman kills 39 at Tunisian beachside hotel, Islamic State claims attack". Reuters.
  2. ^ a b c "Africa – Scores killed in terror attack on Tunisian beach resort". France 24. 26 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Tunisia attack: How a man with a parasol could murder 38 people on the beach". The Guardian. 28 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Tunisia beach attack: British death toll 'will top 30'". BBC News. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  5. ^ Global Terrorism Database
  6. ^ "Death toll from attack at Tunisia hotel rises to 39". wbtv.com. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  7. ^ Payne, Ed; Black, Phil; Smith-Spark, Laura. "Tunisia attack: Tourists flee the country after gunman kills 38". CNN. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  8. ^ Elgot, Jessica (26 June 2015). "Deadly attack on Tunisia tourist hotel in Sousse resort". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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