TUNISIA ATTACK AT LEAST 8 DEAD

At least seven foreigners and a Tunisian national were killed in a shooting attack at the country's leading museum Wednesday, the country's interior ministry said.

Government spokesman Mohamed Ali Aroui said on the private radio station Mosaique FM That only one of the dead was a Tunisian, and did not Shops provide nationalities for the others, the Associated Press reported.

"A terrorist attack [targeted] the Bardo Museum," he Told journalists, according to Functional the BBC. Aroui said "two or blackberries terrorists armed with Kalashnikovs" were Involved, and That most tourists were evacuated but some were still thought to be inside the museum, the broadcaster reported. Aroui said security forces have Entered the museum ..

There were unconfirmed reports That some of the tourists killed may be from Spain.
The Bardo Museum Which is adjacent to the country's parliament in the capital Tunis. Initial reports Had Stated That exchanges of gunfire were heard at the parliament building, Which Has Been evacuated.
Mosaique FM reported earlier That three men dressed in military-style clothing may have taken hostages inside the museum, according to Functional the AP.

Tunisia Has Struggled with violence by Islamic Extremists since mass protests ousted President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011.
The Bardo museum chronicles Tunisia's history and includes one of the world's largest collections of Roman mosaics.