Tunis museum attack: 9 suspects arrested
The Tunisian Presidency has alleged that four were directly linked to the attack and five had "ties to the cell," BBC reported.
One of two gunman involved in the Bardo museum attack, identified as Yassine Laabidi, was reportedly known to the authorities.
He and his aide Hatem Khachnaoui were killed by the security forces on Wednesday.
Around 23 people were killed as gunmen attacked Bardo Museum in Tunisia's Tunis city on Wednesday.
The deceased included 20 tourists from Japan, Colombia, the UK and other European countries.
The Parliament, which is located close to the museum, had been evacuated after the attack.
The museum is known to have major collection of Roman mosaics and other antiquities of interest from Ancient Greece, Tunisia among others.
Condemning the attack, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: "Attack in Tunisia is appalling & condemnable. We stand firmly with the people of Tunisia in this hour of grief & pray normalcy returns soon."
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