Third Tunisia museum attacker ‘on the run’

A third attacker in the massacre of tourists in Tunisia’s national museum is on the run, President Beji Caid Essebsi says, vowing to track him down.

“Definitely there were three,” Essebsi tells France’s iTele television and Europe 1 radio.

“Two were killed, but there is one who is now on the run,” he says. “In any case, he will not get very far.”

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi speaks during a press conference on March 22, 2015 following his visit at the National Bardo Museum in Tunis to pay tribute to the victims of the deadly attack claimed by the Islamic State group. (photo credit: AFP/FETHI BELAID
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi speaks during a press conference on March 22, 2015 following his visit at the National Bardo Museum in Tunis to pay tribute to the victims of the deadly attack claimed by the Islamic State group. (photo credit: AFP/FETHI BELAID

The attack on the Bardo museum in Tunis on Wednesday killed 21 people, all but one of them foreign tourists, and was claimed by the Islamic State group.

AFP

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