Tunisia pays tribute to victims of the slaughter of a year ago in El Bardo – Aguasdigital.com

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Two visitors walk past a room full of bullet holes in the Bardo Museum in Tunis (Tunisia), after the terrorist attack a year ago area. EFE / File

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             Tunisia pays tribute to victims of the slaughter of a year ago in the Bardo

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3/18/2016 4:10 ( -6 GTM)

                Tunisia, Mar 18 (EFE) .- Tunisia today recalls with a ceremony and large mosaic Roman style the 22 foreign tourists killed a year ago in a jihadist attack that shocked the country, plunged its economy and tarnished its political transition.
the mosaic, made by artisans in the central region of El Jem -place in the second best preserved Roman amphitheater in the world will be placed at the entrance of the museum Bardo, scene of the slaughter rises.
“It is an initiative of the association” we are all Bardo “and have worked throughout the year four workshops in this art in El Jem,” he told Efe one of the promoters of the idea.
“It’s a tribute to the victims but also a sign of the commitment of the Tunisian society rejects radicalism and is committed to democracy and freedom, “he said.
the play came the same Thursday workshop, located about 250 kilometers south of the capital, and arrived escorted by several trucks with the flags of the countries which had to be no fatalities. Italy, Japan, Poland, France, Russia, Belgium, the UK, Colombia and Spain
After installing the mosaic a ceremony will be held, with musical interlude, in which participate the Tunisian government in full, members of civil society, victims’ relatives and representatives of the countries directly affected, with French Foreign Minister , Jean-Marc Ayrault, head.
attack of El Bardo, perpetrated by two Tunisians linked ideologically with the jihadist organization Islamic State (EI), was the first of three that bloodied Tunisia in 2015 and shook his fragile political transition.