2015 Sousse attacks
On 26 June 2015, a mass shooting occurred at the tourist resort at Port El Kantaoui, about 10 kilometres north of the city of Sousse, Tunisia. Thirty-eight people, 30 of whom were British, were killed when a gunman, Seifeddine Rezgui, attacked a hotel. It was the deadliest non-state attack in the history of modern Tunisia, with more fatalities than the 22 killed in the Bardo National Museum attack three months before. The attack received widespread condemnation around the world. The Tunisian government later "acknowledged fault" for slow police response to the attack.
| 2015 Sousse attacks | |
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| Part of 2015 Ramadan attacks and ISIL insurgency in Tunisia | |
The Hotel Imperial Marhaba in Sousse in 2004 | |
Sousse | |
| Location | Riu Imperial Marhaba and Soviva, Port El Kantaoui, Sousse, Tunisia |
| Coordinates | 35°54′43.52″N 10°34′48.1″E |
| Date | 26 June 2015 c. 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (GMT+1) |
| Target | European tourists staying at a hotel |
| Weapons | |
| Deaths | 39 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 39 |
| Perpetrators | Seifeddine Rezgui Yacoubi Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Libya Province |
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