Tunisian museum reopens after attack

Tunisian museum reopens after attack

Tunisia’s National Bardo Museum has reopened to the public again for the first time since extremist gunmen opened fire on foreign tourists earlier this month, killing 22 people including one Australian.

The government says the man considered the “operational chief” of the assault was killed in a security raid on Saturday.

Two gunmen were killed the day of the March 18 attack in Tunis, the country’s worst attack on civilians in 13 years and one which was a blow to Tunisia’s fledgling democracy and its tourism industry.

“Welcome to Bardo” read a large sign at the museum entrance in Arabic, English and French at its reopening on Monday.

A small but steady flow of visitors came, walking past flowers laid in honour of the victims and flags of their many nationalities.

The country’s largest museum, renowned for richly colourful Roman mosaics, houses 8,000 works and is a top destination for European cruise ship passengers and other tourists.

“This museum will always hold the story and the passage of this terrible moment we lived, of the victims who fell during this terrorist attack,” Tourism Minister Selma Elloumi Rekik said.

“Now we want to see the positive – Tunisia is open to visitors.”

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