February 10, 2019 6:16 PM

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Tunisia: Seven people get life for deadly militant attacks

<span style="color: #222222;">A Tunisian court has jailed seven people for life for their involvement in two deadly militant attacks in the country in 2015 that killed nearly 60 people. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Local media reported that other accused received jail sentences ranging from 16 years to six months. In all, 51 suspects stood trial, of whom 27 were acquitted, in hearings that lasted 18 months.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The assault on the Bardo National Museum had left 21 people dead, while 38 were killed in the beach resort of Sousse, some 150 kilometres south of Tunis. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The twin massacres, that took place within three months of each other, were claimed by the Islamic State terror group.</span><br />

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