National Bardo Museum

Two Tunisian soldiers were killed and four wounded in a clash with jihadists on Monday in a western region near the Algerian border, the defence ministry said.

A Tunisian soldier opened fire on comrades near parliament on Monday, killing some of them before being shot dead, but the interior ministry said it was not a "terrorist" attack.

Thousands of Tunisians, led by their president and joined by several foreign dignitaries, are to march in the capital today to denounce terrorism after the museum massacre of 22 tourists.

A Frenchwoman has succumbed to injuries sustained in the March 18 attack on Tunisia's national museum, French President Francois Hollande said Saturday, bringing the overall death toll from the shooting to 22.

Tunisia's National Bardo Museum is set to reopen to the public today after a jihadist attack that killed 20 foreigners, as the country looks to restore faith in its tourism sector.

Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid has fired police chiefs for the capital and the area of the national museum after last week's attacks on foreign tourists, the government said today.

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi said security "failures" had helped facilitate the deadly attack on the country's national museum, according to an interview with French media published on Saturday.

Tunisian authorities said on Saturday there were developments in the investigation into the attack on the national museum claimed by the Islamic State group that killed 20 foreign tourists.

Jabeur Khachnaoui, one of Tunisia's Bardo museum assailants, was months away from graduating from high school when he abruptly left home and went to Libya, a relative told AFP on Friday.

The guards supposed to be protecting Tunisia's parliament and the nearby national museum were having coffee at the time of this week's deadly assault, a senior politician said today.

Four relatives of an assailant killed in the deadly attack on the Bardo museum in the Tunisian capital have been arrested, the family and police said today.

Nine people suspected of links with the gunmen who attacked a Tunis museum leaving 21 dead have been arrested, the presidency announced today.

Tunisia's National Bardo Museum will reopen early next week following the attack on foreign tourists that left at least 21 people dead, the culture minister said on Thursday.

Two Spanish tourists have been found alive following Wednesday's deadly attack on a Tunis museum after spending the night hiding inside, the emergency services said.

Tunisia's main trade union confederation and other civil society groups called for a silent demonstration today outside the Tunis museum where 17 foreign tourists and two Tunisians were killed.

Two Tunisian soldiers were killed and four wounded in a clash with jihadists on Monday in a western region near the Algerian border, the defence ministry said.

A Tunisian soldier opened fire on comrades near parliament on Monday, killing some of them before being shot dead, but the interior ministry said it was not a "terrorist" attack.

Thousands of Tunisians, led by their president and joined by several foreign dignitaries, are to march in the capital today to denounce terrorism after the museum massacre of 22 tourists.

A Frenchwoman has succumbed to injuries sustained in the March 18 attack on Tunisia's national museum, French President Francois Hollande said Saturday, bringing the overall death toll from the shooting to 22.

Tunisia's National Bardo Museum is set to reopen to the public today after a jihadist attack that killed 20 foreigners, as the country looks to restore faith in its tourism sector.

Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid has fired police chiefs for the capital and the area of the national museum after last week's attacks on foreign tourists, the government said today.

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi said security "failures" had helped facilitate the deadly attack on the country's national museum, according to an interview with French media published on Saturday.

Tunisian authorities said on Saturday there were developments in the investigation into the attack on the national museum claimed by the Islamic State group that killed 20 foreign tourists.

Jabeur Khachnaoui, one of Tunisia's Bardo museum assailants, was months away from graduating from high school when he abruptly left home and went to Libya, a relative told AFP on Friday.

The guards supposed to be protecting Tunisia's parliament and the nearby national museum were having coffee at the time of this week's deadly assault, a senior politician said today.

Four relatives of an assailant killed in the deadly attack on the Bardo museum in the Tunisian capital have been arrested, the family and police said today.

Nine people suspected of links with the gunmen who attacked a Tunis museum leaving 21 dead have been arrested, the presidency announced today.

Tunisia's National Bardo Museum will reopen early next week following the attack on foreign tourists that left at least 21 people dead, the culture minister said on Thursday.

Two Spanish tourists have been found alive following Wednesday's deadly attack on a Tunis museum after spending the night hiding inside, the emergency services said.

Tunisia's main trade union confederation and other civil society groups called for a silent demonstration today outside the Tunis museum where 17 foreign tourists and two Tunisians were killed.