"TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The radical Islamic State Group claimed responsibility Thursday for the attack on a famed Tunis museum that left 23 people dead, scores of tourists wounded and upended the country's struggling tourism industry."
And they're also targeting innocents and the Tunisian tourist industry.
"The Islamic State jihadist group on Thursday claimed responsibility for an attack on Tunisia’s national museum that killed at least 21 people."
There are people wounded and missing.
Apart from the carnage of innocents, the museum aspect of this tragedy really bothers me. I know that the destruction of culture and history by the extremists is nothing new, but I feel like every time it happens we should have a minute of silence for all the damaged heritage.
Quote:Culture Minister Latifa Lakhdar gave a defiant press conference in the museum, where blood trails still stained the ground after tourists were gunned down amid the Roman-era mosaics.
"They are targeting knowledge. They are targeting science. They are targeting reason. They are targeting history. They are targeting memory, because all these things mean nothing in their eyes," she told reporters. "There is only their reactionary, very backward and sclerotic ideology."
And they're also targeting innocents and the Tunisian tourist industry.
"The Islamic State jihadist group on Thursday claimed responsibility for an attack on Tunisia’s national museum that killed at least 21 people."
Quote:In an audio message posted online, IS said “two knights from the Islamic State… heavily armed with automatic weapons and grenades, targeted the Bardo Museum.”
It threatened more attacks, saying: “What you have seen is only the start.”
There are people wounded and missing.
Apart from the carnage of innocents, the museum aspect of this tragedy really bothers me. I know that the destruction of culture and history by the extremists is nothing new, but I feel like every time it happens we should have a minute of silence for all the damaged heritage.
