Tunisia Signals Local al-Qaida Links to Bardo Museum Attack

Tunisia said on Thursday that an attack on a Tunis museum last week was launched by a cell of 23 militants, including an Algerian and Moroccans, with overlapping allegiances to a number of hardline islamist groups. Tunisian Interior Minister Najem Gharsalli said 80 percent of the group had already been arrested over the killing of 20 tourists including Japanese, French and Italians in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. “This cell is linked to Okba Ibn Nafaa and al-Qaida in...

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