Editing Tunis (section)

=== 21st century ===
{{main|Tunisian Revolution}}

Many protests took place during the [[Arab Spring]] of 2011–12.

On 18 March 2015, [[Bardo National Museum attack|two gunmen attacked]] the [[Bardo National Museum (Tunis)|Bardo National Museum]] and held hostages.<ref name="reuters">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tunisia-security-idUSKBN0ME18E20150318|title=Gunmen storm Tunisian museum, kill 17 foreign tourists|date=18 March 2017|newspaper=Reuters|last1=Argoubi|first1=Tarek Amara}}</ref> Twenty civilians and one policeman were killed in the attack, while around 50 others were injured.<ref name="nytimes1">{{cite news|title=The Latest: French President Mourns Tunisia Victims|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/03/18/world/middleeast/ap-ml-tunisia-attack-the-latest.html|access-date=19 March 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=18 March 2015}}</ref> Five Japanese, two Colombians, and visitors from Italy, Poland, and Spain were among the dead. Both gunmen were killed by Tunisian police. The incident has been treated as a [[terrorist attack]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/3/18/tourists-killed-in-tunisia-museum-assault.html|title=19 killed in Tunisia attack; hostage drama ends with deaths of gunmen|date=March 18, 2015|website=[[Al Jazeera America]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925120313/http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/3/18/tourists-killed-in-tunisia-museum-assault.html|archive-date=September 25, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Marszal|first1=Andrew|title=Gunmen 'take hostages' in attack on Tunisia parliament. |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/tunisia/11479898/Gunmen-take-hostages-in-attack-on-Tunisia-parliament.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318130121/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/tunisia/11479898/Gunmen-take-hostages-in-attack-on-Tunisia-parliament.html|archive-date=18 March 2015|access-date=18 March 2015|work=The Telegraph|date=18 March 2015}}</ref>