The shooting took place outside a synagogue in Djerba
Circulating pictures showed shooting in the vicinity of a Jewish synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia.
And the Tunisian radio (Mosaique) reported on Tuesday that the security forces managed to eliminate the murderer of a security officer in the Aghir sea center on the island of Djerba.
The radio reported that an exchange of fire took place in the area after the security personnel were killed and their weapon disappeared.
The Tunisian Diwan FM radio station quoted security sources as saying that a dismissed security personnel carried out the attack in Djerba, stressing that there were no injuries among the tourists on the island.
The sources added that all tourists in Djerba and the tourist area of the island have been secured.
The sources confirmed that the shooting took place in the port and not inside the synagogue.
The official Israeli Broadcasting Authority reported on Tuesday evening that gunfire had targeted a synagogue in Djerba.
However, at a later time, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported that the shooting took place outside the synagogue, not inside it, noting that there were no injuries among the visitors to the synagogue.
And Israeli media reported that a large number of Jews in the synagogue were returned to hotels and secured.
On Monday, on the Tunisian island of Djerba, the official rituals of the Jewish pilgrimage season began to the Ghriba Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in North Africa, amidst great turnout from Tunisia and abroad and official participation.
Jews from all over the world flock to Djerba for pilgrimage to the temple, which dates back more than 2,500 years ago. It is also an important tourist attraction and contains one of the oldest copies of the Torah.
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2023-05-09 20:37:00
