3 killed, 10 injured in attack near synagogue in Tunisia

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A Tunisian naval guard shot and killed a colleague and two civilians Tuesday as he tried to enter a synagogue on the island of Djerba during an annual Jewish pilgrimage.

A tourist visits La Ghriba, the oldest synagogue in Africa, on the Island of Djerba, southern Tunisia, Oct. 28, 2015. The Tunisian Interior Ministry says a naval guard shot and killed a colleague and two civilians Tuesday, May 9, 2023, near the synagogue during an annual Jewish pilgrimage.

The civilians killed were French and Tunisian, the ministry said. It was not immediately clear if they were pilgrims attending ceremonies near the 2,500-year-old Ghriba synagogue.The assailant, a guard affiliated with the National Guard naval center in the town of Aghir on Djerba, first killed a colleague with his service weapon and then seized ammunition and headed toward the Ghriba synagogue, the ministry said.When he reached the site, he opened fire on security units stationed at the temple.

 

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