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Tunisia terror attack leaves country on edge

A deadly terror attack at a Tunis museum raises questions about how to secure Tunisia's future, and consolidate its democratic gains.
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Police officers stand outside the parliament in Tunis on March 18, 2015. On Wednesday, gunmen in military uniforms stormed Tunisia's national museum killing foreign tourists and Tunisians. (Reuters/Zoubeir Souissi)

Shots rang out, seemingly indiscriminately, at the Bardo Museum in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, on Wednesday. The museum  — packed with antiquities — is a popular destination for tourists, including those who had stepped off a Mediterranean cruise ship. 

Reports say that 23 people were killed in the attack, and most were foreign tourists. The militant group ISIS was quick to celebrate the attack online and claim responsibility.

To find out more, we were joined by:

Nil Koksal is a CBC reporter. She was in Tunis. 

Houeida Anouar is the Editor of the Huffington Post Maghreb. She was in Tunis.

Miloud Chennoufi is a Professor of International Relations at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto. 

This segment was produced by The Current's Lara O'Brien, Ines Colabrese and Naheed Mustafa.

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