Tunisian museum attack caught on video by tourist

Mar 25, 2015 - 12:04
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Tunisian museum attack caught on video by tourist

A tourist who was inside the Tunis museum where 21 people were killed has released footage of the moment the attack started.

Maria Rita Gelotti and her husband Marcello Salvatori where taking a guided tour of the Bardo National Museum in the Tunisian capital when at least two gunmen – since claimed to be Isis militants – stormed the building and opened fire.

In the video, which was released by the Associated Press, a woman can be heard asking in Italian ‘Did they shoot?" as gunshots ring out through the building.

The group flees when they hear the gunfire again and visitors are seen running through halls and down stairs in an effort to get to safety.

The attack left 21 innocent people dead, including 20 foreign tourists. Two men, named as Yassine Laabidi and Hatem Khachnaoui, were killed by Tunisian security forces.

Police are still looking for a third man.

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