Tunisia's prime minister has fired five leading security officials after three gunmen attacked a Tunis museum, killing 21 in the deadliest attack on tourists in Tunisia in 13 years, the government said today.
The ousted officials include the director of Tunisia's tourist police and the police chief for the neighbourhood around the National Bardo Museum, government spokesman Mufdi Mseddi told The Associated Press.
The decision was made after the prime minister visited the neighbourhood of the attack and noted security problems, the spokesman said. President Beji Caid Essebsi had also criticised security failings around last week's attack.
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The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for attacking the museum, a trove of Roman mosaics and Tunisia's leading historical museum.
Several well-armed groups in neighbouring and chaotic Libya have pledged allegiance to IS. Tunisia is also fighting extremists claiming allegiance to al-Qaida in its western mountains.
