The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Thursday for the deadly attack on Tunisia’s national museum that killed 23 people, mostly foreign tourists.
The Islamist group’s statement described the attack as a “blessed invasion of one of the dens of infidels and vice in Muslim Tunisia,” and appeared on a forum that carries messages from the group.
It praised the two attackers as “knights of the Islamic State” who were armed with machine guns and bombs, according to an audio recording distributed online.
The U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group also announced that the Islamic State group had claimed Wednesday’s attack.
Earlier Thursday, Tunisian authorities said they had arrested nine people in connection with a massacre at a Tunis museum that killed 23 people.
The Tunisian president’s office gave no further details on those detained.
Source-VOA
