Via Daily Mail:
Two Britons are feared dead after gunmen stormed a museum in Tunisia today, killing eight people and taking another 30 hostage.
Seven of those killed were foreigners, with unconfirmed reports suggesting two were Britons as well as French, Spanish and Italian being among the dead.
The country’s parliament, which sits adjacent to the country’s Bardo Museum, was today filled with leading politicians and swiftly evacuated after the shooting broke out.
It is believed several hundred people may have fled the museum, while another 20 – 30 remaining as hostages with three shooters controlling the building.
Local authorities say anti-terrorist security have now entered the museum and engaged the terrorists.
UPDATE: No matter what Obama claims, it’s safe to say they were not randomly targeted.
(Reuters) – Gunmen in military uniforms stormed Tunisia’s national museum, killing 17 foreign tourists and two Tunisians on Wednesday in one of the worst militant attacks in a country that has largely escaped the region’s “Arab Spring” turmoil.
Visitors from Italy, Germany, Poland and Spain were among the dead in the noon assault on the Bardo museum near parliament in central Tunis, Prime Minister Habib Essid said.
Security forces stormed the former palace around two hours later, killed two militants and freed other tourists held hostage inside, a government spokesman said. One policeman was killed in the police operation.
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Islamic State militants, who have become particularly active in neighboring Libya, were behind the attack. “The EU is determined to mobilize all the tools it has to fully support Tunisia in the fight against terrorism,” she added.