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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-33287978
At least 28 people, mostly foreigners, have been killed in an attack on a beach near two tourist hotels in the Tunisian resort town of Sousse, according to the interior ministry.
Officials say one gunman has been shot dead and another is being pursued.
Interior Ministry officials said Tunisians, Britons, Germans and Belgians are among the dead.
In March militants killed 22 people, mainly foreign tourists, in an attack on a museum in the capital Tunis.
Officials say six people have been injured in the attack.
Tunisia attacks: Live updates
Local media reported that the second attacker had been arrested, but this has not been confirmed. A photo showing the body of the first attacker is circulating on social media.
The attack comes on the same day as:
A man is decapitated and several others injured at a factory in France
A deadly attack on a Shia mosque in Kuwait
A British man on holiday told the BBC that he heard the attack on a neighbouring hotel.
From his room, he saw a man with a pistol but did not know whether this was an attacker or a member of the security forces.
The Hotel Imperial Marhaba was named as one of the hotels close to the attack.
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Read more at http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/26/africa/tunisia-terror-attack/
Terror attacks on 3 continents, including 28 killed at Tunisia hotel
Attacks also in France, Kuwait
Tunisia's nightmare came on the same day as at least two deadly terrorist attack in other countries.
Police and firefighters gather at the entrance of Air Products & Chemicals, a gas factory near Lyon, France, on Friday, June 26, after a terror attack. One person has been beheaded and two people injured, French President François Hollande said Friday. A suspect has been arrested, he said.
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One person was beheaded and two injured at a gas factory near Lyon in southeastern France, according to French President Francois Hollande. And ISIS has claimed responsibility for an apparent bomb blast at the Shiite-affiliated Al-Sadiq mosque in Kuwait's capital during Friday prayers, leading to a number of death and injuries.
"I am sickened by the attacks in Tunisia, France and Kuwait," British Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted. "Our countries stand together in combating the horrors of terrorism."
Sajjan Gohel, the international security director for the Asia-Pacific Foundation think tank, said the confluence of events add up to "an unprecedented day for terrorism." He noted that, while questions remain about who was responsible and the extent to which the attacks were coordinated, in each case you have individuals "buying into the ... doctrine that groups like ISIS articulate."
While what happened Friday is rare, Gohel told CNN that people worldwide should brace themselves for more such violence to come.
"Terrorism is something that, unfortunately, we're going to have to accept as part of our daily lives," said Gohel, who is also an Islamist ideology expert at the London School of Economics. "Terrorism is now diffuse: It's not autonomous, it's not necessarily being coordinated by one particular group, (and) it can often be very spontaneous.
"... Gone are the days of the al Qaeda large-scale plots where the cell was big, the authorities could disrupt it, arrest (people) and prosecute. Now are are seeing an increase in the volume of terrorism because the plots sometimes actually are on a smaller scale (which makes them) harder to protect, harder to monitor."
