The Islamic State released an online recording Thursday claiming
responsibility for the shooting rampage on a museum in Tunisia that left
23 people dead.The recording praised the "knights of the Islamic State" for their attack Wednesday on the Tunis National Bardo Museum, which the group called a "den of infidels."
Two gunman were killed by security officials who launched an assault to free hostages. Nine people have been arrested in connection with the tragedy, Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi's office said. Essebsi, speaking on national TV, said his nation was at "war with terror."
"These monstrous minorities do not frighten us," he said. "We will resist them until the deepest end without mercy. Democracy will win and it will survive."
Four of the suspects were directly connected with the attack, Essebsi said in a statement. Five suspects are accused of having ties to the terrorist cell involved in the tragedy.
"They are targeting knowledge. They are targeting science,'" Culture Minister Latifa Lakhdar said at a new conference amid the Roman-era mosaics and blood stains. "They are targeting reason. They are targeting history. They are targeting memory, because all these things mean nothing in their eyes. There is only their reactionary, very backward and sclerotic ideology."
Two gunmen, identified as Yassine Laabidi and Hatem Khachnaoui, were killed when authorities swept in and freed the hostages.
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