A luxury tourist hotel in central Tunisia has been attacked with fatalities and panic being reported at the scene. At least one gunman armed with a Kalashnikov penetrated the beach of the hotel and opened fire.
A five-star hotel, the Imperial Marhaba, has come under attack, according to RIA Novosti citing the Interior Ministry. According to RIA, three people have been killed in gunfire on the beach near the hotel.
Other unconfirmed sources put the deathtoll at 6-13, including the suspected gunner.
The hotel is in the tourist complex of Port El Kantaoui, some 10 km off the city of Sousse in central Tunisia.
Photos showing at least two dead bodies on the beach are circulating the web.
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Gunfire reported at scene of tourist hotel, local radio at site reporting multiple victims in Sousse #Tunisia
— Patrick Markey (@PatrickMarkey2) June 26, 2015
According to @Jawhara_FM 1 terrorist and 13 tourists are dead on the terrorist attack happened few min ago in Sousse #Tunisia
— AhmEd Hamza (@ahmedhamza87) June 26, 2015
#Tunisia: “Gunshots on the beach, mass panic here. Confusion rife. (@ El Mouradi Palm Marina in Sousse, Gouvernorat de Sousse)” @garypine
— Ian Geldard (@igeldard) June 26, 2015
It seems that two are dead so far in Sousse attack #Tunisia pic.twitter.com/iKfemvfx2a
— Moh’d Yousef (@JawazSafar) June 26, 2015
Source: Tourist hotel in Tunisia under ‘terror attack’, gunfire reported (GRAPHIC PHOTO) — RT News
