Tunisia: Naval personnel opened fire near Jewish house of worship, 3 killed, 10 injured

Tunis: In Tunisia, a navy personnel opened fire on Tuesday near a Jewish house of worship on the island of Djerba, killing three people, including a naval personnel, and injuring 10. After this, the attacker was also killed in the action of the security personnel. The Interior Ministry of Tunisia gave this information. Right now it is being investigated that what was the motive of this attack. A large number of Jews live in Djerba.

The ministry said that of the two civilians killed in the attack, one was from France and one from Tunisia. It was not yet clear whether they had come to attend a religious ceremony at the 2,500-year-old Ghriba shrine. Ghriba is home to one of the oldest Jewish synagogues in Africa. The ministry said the attacker, working at the ‘National Guard’ naval base in the port city of Djerba, Aghir, first killed a colleague with his service weapon and then took the weapon to the Ghriba house of worship and opened fire on the security units stationed there. fired. He said the attacker was killed in retaliatory fire by security units. The attack took place during the annual pilgrimage. During this time thousands of devotees from all over the world come to Djerba.