At least 37 dead in triple terror attacks in Tunisia, France and Kuwait
Gunmen attack beach resort, businessman is beheaded and suicide bomber strikes at mosque
Gunmen shot dead 37 people at a Tunisian beach resort yesterday, on the same day a suspected Islamist beheaded a businessman in France, and a suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Kuwait killing 25.
Two men wielding Kalashnikovs, one of whom was a Tunisian student previously unknown to police, stormed the Imperial Marhaba hotel near Sousse, opening fire on holidaymakers. British, Belgium and German nationals were among the dead.
One of the gunmen was shot dead, but the hunt for the second attacker was ongoing, Interior Ministry spokesman Mohammed Ali Aroui said.
Authorities branded the massacre a "terrorist attack".
Meanwhile, a man with ties to Islamic radicals rammed a car into a gas factory in Lyon, southeastern France, where a severed head was also found on a post at the entrance.
The 35-year-old suspect, Yassin Salhi, had been known to security services for a number of years but did not have a criminal record, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said. The victim was identified as a businessman from the suburbs of Lyon who was believed to be the suspect's employer. French President Francois Hollande raised the security level to "attack" - the highest possible - in the region after the "terrorist attack."