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8 tourists killed in Tunisia museum attack

Xinhua, March 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

At least eight tourists were

killed and others were taken hostage by militants who attacked

Tunisia's parliament compound, which includes a museum, a

spokesman for the interior ministry said on Wednesday.

A group of militants in disguise as soldiers entered the Bardo museum through the Tunisian parliament building on Wednesday. Endit