2015 Tunis barracks shooting

Tunis barracks shooting
Bouchoucha military base
2015 Tunis barracks shooting (Tunisia)
Tunisian soldiers were killed.
Location Tunis, Tunisia
Coordinates 36°48′25″N 10°9′2″E / 36.80694°N 10.15056°E / 36.80694; 10.15056
Date 25 May 2015
Attack type
 Mass murder, shooting
Weapons
  • Gun
  • Knife
Deaths 9 (including the perpetrator)
Non-fatal injuries
 9
Perpetrator Mehdi Jemaii
Motive Unknown, purportedly personal issues.

On 25 May 2015, a mass murder took place at the Bouchoucha military base in Tunis. A Tunisian soldier, later identified as Corporal Mehdi Jemaii, who was forbidden from carrying weapons stabbed a soldier, then took his weapon, opened fire on soldiers during a flag-raising ceremony, killing seven and wounding ten, including one seriously injured who died on May 31, before he was killed during an exchange of gunfire.[1]

The army claimed Mehdi Jemaii had "family and psychological problems," and brushed off assertions the attack was terror-related, calling it an "isolated incident".[2][3] The shooting came on the heels of the Bardo National Museum attack

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tunisian soldier shoots dead seven colleagues". the Guardian.
  2. ↑ "Tunisian soldier shoots dead seven colleagues". the Guardian. 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  3. ↑ "Tunisian soldier shot dead after killing seven in army base shooting spree". Reuters UK.
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