President Beji Caid Essebsi is about to address the people – celebrating the nation’s independence day anniversary – on the worst terror attack they’ve encountered.

Tunisian officials are reportedly saying a South African is among 17 tourists killed in and around the Barda Museum next to the country’s parliament.

Pretoria has not confirmed this.

Rafik Chelli, the Interior Ministry’s top security official, says the attackers, who were both killed by police, had slipped out of Tunisia in December and received weapons training in Libya before returning home.

The Islamic State group based in Iraq and Syria has claimed responsibility for the Barda attack.

Several well-armed groups in Libya have pledged their allegiance to Islamic State.

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