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Post by sevenofnine on May 12, 2023 12:24:12 GMT -5
Another attack happen this part of Tunseia almost same place of shooting Tunisia's small Jewish community was in shock and mourning after a bloody shooting rampage in which a police officer killed five people outside Africa's oldest synagogue. The shooting sparked mass panic during an annual Jewish pilgrimage at the historic Ghriba synagogue on the resort island of Djerba, which was quickly locked down by security forces. Authorities were investigating the motive of the killer, who was shot dead after killing three police officers and two visitors, a French-Tunisian and an Israeli-Tunisian man. The Ghriba pilgrimage was previously targeted in a 2002 suicide truck bombing that killed 21 people. The gunman, wearing his police uniform and a bulletproof vest, started the attack by killing a fellow officer and taking his gun and ammunition at the island's port, said officials. He then went to the Ghriba synagogue site and opened fire outside, sparking terror. The two victims were named as Tunisian-Israeli dual national Aviel Haddad, 30, and his cousin, Benjamin Haddad, 42, who held both Tunisian and French na www.newsoftheworld.us/tunisian-policeman-kills-5-outside-synagogue
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