Alwaght- The Tunisian government has declared a state of emergency days after a deadly terrorist attack near the country’s coastal city of Sousse which left 38 people dead.Through a nationwide televised address on Saturday, President Beji Caid Essebsi officially reintroduced urgent security measures for Tunisia that had been lifted in March 2014.Sources say the measure will temporarily grant special powers to the police and army to contain violence and terrorism.
However, critics have voiced concern, saying the declaration also restricts the right of public assembly.
Essebsi said an "exceptional situation required exceptional measures" but pledged to respect freedom of expression.
The decision came just over a week after a gunman at the popular tourist resort of Sousse attacked foreign tourists. Essebsi said the state of emergency would last 30 days.
The fatal assault was claimed by the ISIS terrorist group, which is mainly operating in Iraq and Syria.
Tunisia has already beefed up security in the wake of the attack, deploying armed officers around tourist sites, beaches and hotels.
A day after the Sousse massacre, Tunisia closed up to 80 mosques operating outside the government’s control.
“All 80 mosques will close within a week,” Tunisian Prime Minister Habib al-Essid announced recently adding that Tunisians must “coordinate and help” the government as confronting terrorism is a national duty. “No mosque that does not conform to the law will be tolerated,” said the premier.
The latest deadly shooting rampage followed a March attack claimed by the ISIS militant group on Tunis’ Bardo National Museum, which killed over 20 foreign tourists and a policeman.
Terrorist attacks have seriously damaged Tunisia’s economy, which is heavily dependent on the tourism industry. Hundreds of foreign tourists have left Tunisia following the latest deadly assault.
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