After the attack on tourists in Sousse, which killed 39 people, Tunisia introduces special security measures. Increased activity of Islamic terrorists triggered a reaction of the US, which have set the service to standby. Americans expect a coup 4th of July.
Premier Tunisia Habib Essid has announced the appointment of military service of all reservists. Since July 1, they will protect “sensitive” points and all places vulnerable to attacks.
Armed soldiers will take care of the safety of tourists in the area sights, but will also appear on the beaches and hotels. Prime Minister also urged the hotels themselves to greater protection. He also announced financial rewards for all those whose tips and information will help capture the terrorists.
Source: TVN24 / x-news
As part of the fight against terrorism authorities are planning to within the next week closed 80 mosques , in the hands of Salafists, in which clerics urge to violence. This will be the first serious restriction on the freedoms in the country since the overthrow of President Ben Ali’s dictatorship. Will be solved political parties and associations that do not respect the Tunisian Constitution or are financed from unknown sources. Moreover, in September in Tunisia will be organized a special issue dedicated to this congress.
Jihadists returning to Tunisia
According to the experts, which refer to the Tunisian media, more than 3 thous. Tunisians – including 700 women – wyjechało by Turkey to various countries in the Middle East, to join the Islamic State Caliphate (IS). Tunisian authorities estimate that about half thousand of them have returned in recent months in the country.
The well-known phenomenon of jihadism Tunisian analyst and author of the recently published book on the subject, Hedi Jahmed, however, claims that the parties have entered more than terrorystcznych 5 thousand. Tunisians. Some of them are recruited from among former prisoners of the regime of President Ben Ali was toppled in 2011, which were released after the restoration of civil liberties in the country.
Jahmed, who is editor-in-chief of the daily online in Arabic, “Hakhakaik” He says that Tunisia ‘fragment is “already the third generation of jihadists. Many of them are young people who have returned from Syria and were imprisoned, but much more is required only to check from time to time in police stations. Control over them by the security services is very poor because they have significantly weakened after the Tunisian revolution. According to him “the phenomenon of jihadism appeared in Tunisia, however, already in the 1980s,” when the country began to return to the first emigrants.
Most of the victims from the UK
indomitable fight against the Islamists announced after the attack in Sousse British Prime Minister David Cameron. – In the modern world there is no place for them and beat them – said Cameron. This is what the British are the majority of the victims in Tunisia – have confirmed 15 deaths.
– They were innocent vacationers, resting and spending free time with their families and friends. They were not a threat to anyone. Terrorists have murdered them because they are the enemies of the peoples and countries professing peace, tolerance and democracy – said British Prime Minister. British society also warned that we should expect a high number of compatriots among the victims. Identification of the victims takes time, because most of them were in beach clothes and did not have documents with them.
Source: TVP / x-news
In Tunisia, a special team consular work, that helps UK tourists. The government has made contact with travel agencies to facilitate their evacuation. The first injured were taken for treatment already in the country.
Meanwhile, the British media publish the picture on the beach bomber that was to be done shortly after the attack.
The attack in Susie, one of the most popular resorts in Tunisia, killing 39 people. The bomber walked into one of the hotels by the beach, shooting at random people. Then he headed toward the pool, and later – reception, giving fire to tourists and hotel staff. Coup led by Tunisian service is Seifeddine Rezgui, a citizen of this country, student, not recorded earlier by the ministry. According to Reuters, the attacker hid the weapon in a folding umbrella to go unnoticed on the beach. Admitted to assassinate militant group Islamic State (IS).
On the same day – June 26 – there was even two attacks. In Kuwait, where the goal was a suicide attack Shiite mosque of Imam Sadik – according to the latest information, the Ministry of Health – 27 people were killed and 227 were injured. In France, after the attack on the gas plant killed one person and another two were injured.
alarm in the United States
After these events, the US Federal security agencies – the Ministry National Security, the FBI and the National Anti-terrorist Centre – issued a joint communiqué in which they are calling for greater vigilance against possible terrorist attacks during the celebrated July 4 US Independence Day. In a separate statement the country’s security minister Jeh Johnson asked the security forces to be alert and ready to defend the American people.
On the other hand, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier assured that would not be intimidated.
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