Tunisia's prime minister has fired five top security officials after gunmen killed 21 people at a Tunis museum in the country's deadliest attack on tourists in more than a decade.
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 said on Monday.
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.
The gunmen opened fire on tourists getting out of buses and then entered the museum, apparently unimpeded, and fired on more tourists inside. Two gunmen were killed in a shoot-out with police.
The interior ministry has identified a man suspected of coordinating the attack and posted two photos of him on its Facebook page.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) claimed responsibility for attacking the museum – a trove of Roman mosaics and Tunisia's leading historical museum.
Police identified the two dead attackers as Tunisians in their twenties who had trained in Libya. Several well-armed groups in neighbouring and chaotic Libya have pledged allegiance to Isil.
Tunisia is also fighting extremists claiming allegiance to al-Qaeda in its western mountains, near Algeria. A Tunisian defence official said on Monday that one soldier was killed and three others wounded when a mine blew up their vehicle in an area known to be a refuge for al-Qaeda-linked Islamic radicals.
Lt. Col. Belhassen Oueslati, a Defence Ministry spokesman, said the incident occurred on Sunday near the Algerian border. Al-Qaeda-linked radicals have staged attacks against army and politicians in the area for the past two years.
The Bardo museum plans to reopen to the public on Tuesday, with a special ceremony including guest artists. Museum officials have said that no major archaeological treasures suffered damage and the museum needs only minimal repairs.
Tunisia also plans a national march against terrorism on Sunday, and is inviting world leaders to join.
Tunisia's prime minister has fired five top security officials after gunmen killed 21 people at a Tunis museum in the country's deadliest attack on tourists in more than a decade.
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 said on Monday.
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.
The gunmen opened fire on tourists getting out of buses and then entered the museum, apparently unimpeded, and fired on more tourists inside. Two gunmen were killed in a shoot-out with police.
The interior ministry has identified a man suspected of coordinating the attack and posted two photos of him on its Facebook page.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) claimed responsibility for attacking the museum – a trove of Roman mosaics and Tunisia's leading historical museum.
Police identified the two dead attackers as Tunisians in their twenties who had trained in Libya. Several well-armed groups in neighbouring and chaotic Libya have pledged allegiance to Isil.
Tunisia is also fighting extremists claiming allegiance to al-Qaeda in its western mountains, near Algeria. A Tunisian defence official said on Monday that one soldier was killed and three others wounded when a mine blew up their vehicle in an area known to be a refuge for al-Qaeda-linked Islamic radicals.
Lt. Col. Belhassen Oueslati, a Defence Ministry spokesman, said the incident occurred on Sunday near the Algerian border. Al-Qaeda-linked radicals have staged attacks against army and politicians in the area for the past two years.
The Bardo museum plans to reopen to the public on Tuesday, with a special ceremony including guest artists. Museum officials have said that no major archaeological treasures suffered damage and the museum needs only minimal repairs.
Tunisia also plans a national march against terrorism on Sunday, and is inviting world leaders to join.
