2015 Tunis barracks shooting

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Tunis barracks shooting
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2015 Tunis barracks shooting (Tunisia)
Tunisian soldiers were killed
Location 36°48′25″N10°9′2″E / 36.80694°N 10.15056°E / 36.80694; 10.15056
Tunis, Tunisia
Date25 May 2015
Attack type
 Mass murder, mass shooting
Weapons
Deaths9 (including the perpetrator)
Injured9
PerpetratorMehdi Jemaii
MotiveUnknown, purportedly personal issues

On 25 May 2015, a mass murder took place at the Bouchoucha military base in Tunis. A Tunisian soldier, later identified as Corporal Mehdi Jemaii, who was forbidden from carrying weapons,[ why? ] stabbed a soldier, then took his weapon. He then opened fire on soldiers during a flag-raising ceremony, killing seven and wounding ten, including one seriously injured who died on May 31, before he was killed during an exchange of gunfire. [2]

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The army claimed Mehdi Jemaii had "family and psychological problems," and brushed off assertions the attack was terror-related, calling it an "isolated incident". [2] [3] The shooting happened two months after the Bardo National Museum attack.

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References

  1. ↑ Cordall, Simon Speakman (30 May 2015). "Was IS involved in the Tunis army barracks massacre?". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Tunisian soldier shoots dead seven colleagues". The Guardian. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Amara, Tarek (25 May 2015). "Tunisian soldier shot dead after killing seven in army base shooting spree". Reuters UK.
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