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Guards were having coffee during Tunis museum attack: MP |
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French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve (L) and Tunisian Interior Minister Mohammed Najem Gharsalli (C) lay a wreath at the Bardo Museum on March 20, 2015 in Tunis, two days after gunmen attacked the museum. The Islamic State jihadist group has claimed responsibility for the attack on foreign tourists in Tunis, the deadliest since Tunisia's 2011 revolution, which sparked the Arab Spring regional uprisings. AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID.
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TUNIS (AFP).- The guards supposed to be protecting Tunisia's parliament and the nearby national museum were having coffee at the time of this week's deadly assault, a senior politician said Friday.
On Wednesday as gunmen mowed down foreign tourists, "there were no police around parliament and the museum," deputy speaker Abdelfattah Mourou told AFP.
"I found out there were only four policemen on security duty around the parliament (compound), two of whom were at the cafe. The third was having a snack and the fourth hadn't turned up," he said.
"It's a big failure," said Mourou, who pointed out parliamentarians had discussed the issue of security with police and the army on Tuesday, only to be told they lacked equipment.
The interior ministry was not immediately available for a reaction, although President Beji Caid Essebsi has said the speedy response of the security forces had "prevented a catastrophe".
The attack, claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group, killed 20 tourists and a policeman before the gunmen were killed by security forces.
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