A day after a deadly attack at a beach resort in Tunisia, the government has deployed extra security to tourist sites and vowed to close down mosques accused of inciting violence.
Tunisia’s Prime Minister, Habib Essid, said army reservists would be deployed to archaeological sites and resorts.
He also said that about 80 mosques accused of “spreading venom” will close within a week.
Yesterday, a gunman went on rampage at a holiday resort, killing 38 people.
Authorities said most of the victims in the attack near Sousse were Britons.
It was also recorded that the suspected gunman was later shot dead.
According to Media reports, the health ministry said, eight Britons, one Belgian and one German had so far been identified among the dead.
One citizen of the Irish Republic has also been confirmed dead.
It was the second major attack on tourists in Tunisia since March, when militants killed 22 people, mainly foreigners, at Bardo museum in Tunis.
