Whatever it takes to keep us safe
by digby
Another terrorist attack today, this time in Tunisia.
Nineteen people, including 17 foreign tourists, have been killed in a gun attack on the Bardo museum in the Tunisian capital, the PM has said.
Italian, Spanish, Polish and German citizens were among those killed, as well as a Tunisian and a police officer, PM Habib Essid said.
Some media reports suggest the death toll could be as high as 22.
Security forces killed two gunmen and were searching the surrounding area for accomplices, Mr Essid said.
At the time of the attack, deputies in the neighbouring parliamentary building were discussing anti-terrorism legislation.
PUndits are already calling for heightened security to keep this terrorism from our shores. Fox says “whatever it takes” to keep Americans safe.
Meanwhile, in other news:
One person was fatally shot and five were wounded when a gunman opened fire on Wednesday at multiple locations across the Phoenix suburb of Mesa, local media reported.
The shooter, a man in his 40s with a large tattoo on his neck, was still at large, Mesa police spokesman Esteban Flores said. Police fanned out across the city in a manhunt for the gunman.
Authorities confirmed that multiple people had been wounded in a shooting but could not immediately say how many people had been shot or if anyone had died. But the Arizona Republic newspaper, citing an unnamed police source, said one person was killed and five wounded.
The shooter began his attack across the street from a trade school and then moved on to open fire at a restaurant and other locations in the city, which is less than 15 miles east of Phoenix, Flores told reporters.
Dozens of police officers stood at the site of one shooting – Tri-City Inn motel and an adjacent tattoo parlor.
There were five or six shooting locations, local television station 12News, an NBC affiliate, reported.
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