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Tunisia extends state of emergency

TUNIS — Tunisia’s presidency on Friday extended the country’s state of emergency for an additional two months as the country battles a violent Islamic insurgency that last month killed 38 tourists on a beach.

A brief statement on the presidency’s Facebook page said the decision was taken following consultations with the speaker of Parliament and the prime minister, and would take effect Monday.

The attack by a single gunman on a beach resort killed 38 tourists, mostly Britons. It followed another one on tourists back in March.

Tunisia had been criticized for lax security at tourist sites, and Britain called for all its citizens to depart.

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President Beji Caid Essebsi declared a state of emergency on July 4, and an additional 3,000 officers have been deployed to tourist sites.

Associated Press