Wave Of Terror Attacks Rocks Tunisia, France And Kuwait

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A wave of terror attacks rocked three continents and left dozens dead on Friday, leaving the world reeling and authorities scrambling to apprehend the attackers.

In Tunisia, a gunman shot at least 28 people dead on a beach in the resort town of Sousse before he was killed by Tunisian security forces.

An attacker in France caused an explosion by plowing his car into a gas factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier. A severed head was found staked at the factory entrance, in what authorities described as a terrorist attack.

And in Kuwait City, Kuwait, a suicide bomber walked into Imam Sadiq Mosque, a Shiite mosque crowded with worshippers during Friday prayers, and blew himself up. At least 25 people were killed and over 200 were injured in the attack.

There was no indication of a direct link between Friday’s three attacks. The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for the one in Kuwait — the first such attack on a Shiite place of worship in that country. Earlier this week, the group released an audio message urging followers to intensify attacks during the holy month of Ramadan.

Authorities believe the suspect in France had links to unnamed extremist groups. The Tunisian assailant was unknown to authorities.

« There is no other link other than to say that terrorism is our common enemy, » French President Francois Hollande told reporters, referring to the attacks in Kuwait and Tunisia.

In Tunisia, Peter Chervontcev, a 23-year-old from Moscow, was sunbathing on the beach in Sousse when shots rang out. « I fell to the floor and pretended to be dead, » he told The WorldPost by email.

Tunisian officials said the attacker came onto the beach hiding his Kalashnikov under an umbrella before opening fire. Security officials said the slain gunman was from the Tunisian city of Kairouan and was not previously known to authorities.

« I thought it was fireworks and then I thought, ‘Oh my God, it sounds like gunfire,' » Elizabeth O’Brien, an Irish tourist in Sousse, told Ireland’s RTE radio. « I ran to the sea to my children and grabbed our things and, as I was running towards the hotel, the waiters and the security on the beach started shouting, ‘Run, run, run!' »

In France, security forces detained a suspect in connection with the attack, as well as several other people. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve named 35-year-old Yassin Salhi as the main suspect, and said he had been monitored by intelligence agencies between 2006 and 2008 over suspected links to extremist groups.
French authorities identified the decapitated victim as a local businessman, and said he was the main suspect’s employer. The company that owns the factory, U.S.-based Air Products, said on Friday all its employees had been evacuated and accounted for.

In Kuwait, officials vowed on Friday that the terrorist attack would not succeed in fracturing the nation. « Kuwait will remain an oasis of security for all groups of Kuwaiti society and all sects, » Minister of Justice Yaqoub Al-Sanea said.
As the three countries hunted down the attackers and mourned their dead, the rest of the world struggled to respond to multiple crises on multiple shores.
Britain convened the country’s COBRA emergency committee to discuss the attacks. « This is a threat that faces all of us, these events that have taken place today in Tunisia and in France, but they can happen anywhere — we all face this threat, » British Prime Minister David Cameron told reporters. In the U.S., President Barack Obama was briefed on the triple attacks, officials said.

Hollande and Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi spoke after Friday’s attacks and expressed « solidarity in face of terrorism, » according to Hollande’s office.
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