Two visitors, a security guard, and their attacker have been killed near a synagogue on Tunisia’s Djerba island that draws hundreds of Jews from Europe and Israel during an annual pilgrimage each year.Djerba – a holiday destination off the coast of southern Tunisia, 500 km (300 miles) from the capital Tunis – is home to Africa’s oldest synagogue and the annual pilgrim has had tight security since al-Qaeda attacked the religious site in 2002 with a truck bomb that killed 21 Western tourists.The attack on Tuesday was staged by a guard affiliated with Tunisia’s National Guard naval centre in the town of Aghir on Djerba, who first used his weapon to shoot a colleague and seize his ammunition before moving towards La Ghriba Synagogue, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
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