Tunisia weighs new security measures Sunday as it scrambles to secure its vital tourism sector after 38 people were killed at a seaside resort in the worst jihadist attack in its history.
The country’s National Security Council was to meet later Sunday after authorities vowed to ramp up security following Friday’s attack targeting tourists, which saw at least 15 Britons killed.
After an emergency meeting late on Saturday, Interior Minister Najem Gharsalli promised new steps to ensure the “protection of Tunisia’s tourist sites and beaches by armed police units.”
“We can no longer refrain from taking difficult measures,” Gharsalli said in a statement carried by Mosaique FM radio, adding that at least 1,000 members of security forces would be involved in securing tourist sites.
— AFP
A Tunisian policeman patrols the beach in front of the Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel in Port el Kantaoui, on the outskirts of Sousse on June 28, 2015, following a shooting attack two days earlier. (AFP PHOTO / KENZO TRIBOUILLARD)
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