Two visitors and two security guards have been killed in a gun attack near Africa’s oldest synagogue, on the Tunisian island of Djerba.
The attack took place during an annual pilgrimage to the island, which attracts Jewish visitors from Europe and Israel.
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A guard reportedly shot dead his partner before opening fire on visitors and security forces near the synagogue before being killed himself.
His motivation was not clear as at the time of this report one of the visitors killed is a French national, while the other is a dual citizen of Tunisia and Israel.
Israel’s foreign ministry said they were both cousins.
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