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On 26 June 2015, an Islamist attack occurred at the tourist resort at Port El Kantaoui, about 10 kilometres north of the city of Sousse, Tunisia.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Africa – Scores killed in terror attack on Tunisian beach resort )〕 Thirty-eight people, thirty of whom were British, were killed when an armed gunman attacked a hotel.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wbtv.com/story/29415576/lone-gunman-believed-responsible-for-28-killed-at-tunisia-hotel )〕 It was the deadliest non-state attack in the history of modern Tunisia, with more fatalities than the twenty-two killed in the Bardo National Museum attack three months before. ==Background== In October 2013, a suicide bomber blew himself up in a botched attack on a Sousse beach while security forces foiled another planned attack nearby.〔(timesofisrael.com: "Tunisia to shut illegal mosques as IS claims deadly hotel attack" ), 27 June 2015〕 The post-Tunisian revolution led to the 2014 parliamentary election in which the principal secularist party gained a plurality but was unable to govern alone, and ultimately formed a national unity government. Secularist Beji Caid Essebsi was elected president in the Tunisian presidential election, 2014. Since the overthrow of Tunisian president Ben Ali, terrorism increased, leading to 60 victims among security and military troops. Other attacks targeted civilians and tourists. Despite this, Tunisia was considered to be a secure country. On 18 March 2015, the Bardo National Museum in Tunis was attacked by three terrorists, leading to the deaths of twenty-two people, including twenty foreigners visiting the museum. Two of the gunmen, Tunisian citizens Yassine Labidi and Saber Khachnaoui, were killed by police, while the third attacker is currently at large. Police treated the event as a terrorist attack.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=21 dead in Tunisia attack, Including Gunmen )〕 The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack, and threatened to commit further attacks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ISIS Claims Responsibility For Tunisia Museum Attack )〕 However, the Tunisian government blamed a local splinter group of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, called the Okba Ibn Nafaa Brigade, for the attack. A police raid killed nine members on 28 March. After the Bardo attack, the government announced new security measures and declared the country safe again.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2015 Sousse attacks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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