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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Tunisia launches investigation after several killed in shooting near synagogue - Caught on Camera

Police secure an area near the Ghriba synagogue following a shootout on the resort island of Djerba on May 10, 2023. © Fethi Belaid, AFP

Tunisian authorities were Wednesday investigating a shooting spree by a police officer that claimed five lives and sparked mass panic during a Jewish pilgrimage at Africa's oldest synagogue. 

Security forces threw a tight cordon around the site on Djerba island as officials probed whether Tuesday's shootings were a random killing spree or an anti-Semitic terrorist attack.

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