27 killed in attack on Tunisia tourist resort

Witnesses described scenes of panic and confusion after the shooting at a hotel in the district of Sousse, about 140 kilometres (87 miles) south of Tunis.

The toll from the attack is "27 dead including tourists," Interior Ministry spokesman Mohamed Ali <g data-gr-id="16">Aroui</g> said without giving their nationalities.

"It was a terrorist attack" against the Marhaba hotel, he said. "The assailant was killed." 

The shooting comes just months after a March attack on the Bardo National Museum in Tunis killed 21 foreign tourists and a policeman.

In October 2013, a suicide bomber blew himself in a botched attack on a beach in Sousse while security forces foiled another planned attack nearby.