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Tunisia state of emergency extended into 41st month

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James Chapple
8 March 2019

Tunisia’s state of emergency has been extended again, taking the measures into their 41st month.

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A state of emergency was originally declared in November 2015 following a suicide bomb attack on a bus.


This came after a series of deadly terror attacks, including the Sousse beach massacre.


Thirty Britons, all Tui holidaymakers, were shot dead on a beach at Port El Kantaoui in June 2015.


Another Briton, meanwhile, was killed in an attack on the Bardo Museum in Tunis three months earlier.


Prince Harry this week unveiled a memorial in Birmingham to the 31 victims.


The Foreign Office updated its travel advice to reflect the one-month extension on Thursday evening (March 7).