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The number of people killed in a gun attack on a synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba during an annual Jewish pilgrimage has risen to five, Tunisia's TAP news agency said Wednesday. The victims were two Jewish pilgrims and three Tunisian police guards.
The Jewish community averted an autopsy after the attack near the ancient synagogue in Djerba; they will be buried in Israel before Shabbat: "They were connected to their roots with every fiber of their souls"
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Killing of Tunisian-born Jewish man Eyal Haddad by Mohamed Dridi - who filmed himself burning an Israeli flag - has many convinced it is yet another hate crime aimed against Jews in the country; others claim they need more evidence
As the list of Jewish murder victims in the country grows, former Paris police commissioner alleges authorities do not take antisemitism seriously