2015 Tunis barracks shooting

Tunis barracks shooting
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 8 (including the perpetrator)
Non-fatal injuries
 10
Perpetrator Mehdi Jemaii
Motive "Family problems"

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, killing seven and wounding ten before he was shot dead.[1]

The army said Mehdi Jemaii had family problems.[2] The shooting is not considered a terrorist attack.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tunisian soldier shoots dead seven colleagues". the Guardian.
  2. ↑ "Tunisian soldier shot dead after killing seven in army base shooting spree". Reuters UK.

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