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Bosonic

(3,746 posts)
Mon May 25, 2015, 08:23 AM May 2015

Tunisian soldier shoots seven dead at military base

Source: BBC

A Tunisian soldier has been shot dead after he killed seven of his colleagues at a military base in Tunis, according to the defence ministry.

Ten other people were wounded, one seriously, in the attack at a flag-raising ceremony at the Bouchoucha barracks.

The man had family and behavioural issues and was not allowed to use weapons, officials said.

The authorities said they were not treating it as a terrorist incident.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-32873717

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not allowed to use weapons Stella_Artois May 2015 #1

Stella_Artois

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1. not allowed to use weapons
Mon May 25, 2015, 08:52 AM
May 2015

Seems like a person with behavioral issues was not too good at following orders....

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