2015 Tunis barracks shooting

36°48′25″N 10°9′2″E / 36.80694°N 10.15056°E / 36.80694; 10.15056Date25 May 2015
Attack type
Mass murder, mass shootingWeapons
  • Assault rifle
  • Knife[1]
Deaths9 (including the perpetrator)Injured9PerpetratorMehdi JemaiiMotiveUnknown, purportedly personal issues

On 25 May 2015, a mass murder took place at the Bouchoucha military base in Tunis. A Tunisian soldier, later identified as Corporal Mehdi Jemaii, who was forbidden from carrying weapons,[why?] stabbed a soldier, then took his weapon. He then opened fire on soldiers during a flag-raising ceremony, killing seven and wounding ten, including one seriously injured who died on May 31, before he was killed during an exchange of gunfire.[2]

The army claimed Mehdi Jemaii had "family and psychological problems," and brushed off assertions the attack was terror-related, calling it an "isolated incident".[2][3] The shooting happened two months after the Bardo National Museum attack.

See also

  • 2009 Fort Hood shooting
  • 2014 Fort Hood shootings
  • List of rampage killers (workplace killings)

References

  1. ^ Cordall, Simon Speakman (30 May 2015). "Was IS involved in the Tunis army barracks massacre?". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Tunisian soldier shoots dead seven colleagues". The Guardian. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  3. ^ Amara, Tarek (25 May 2015). "Tunisian soldier shot dead after killing seven in army base shooting spree". Reuters UK.
  • Base militaire Bouchoucha on Wikimapia