On 26June 2015 an Islamist mass shooting attack occurred at the tourist resort at Port El Kantaoui , about north of the City of Sousse , Tunisia . Thirty-eight people , thirty of whom were Britons , were killed when an armed gunman attacked a hotel . It was the deadliest non-state attack in the history of modern Tunisia , with more fatalities than the twenty-two killed in the Bardo National Museum attack three months earlier . On 24November a bus carrying Tunisian Presidential Guards exploded , killing twelve , on a principal road in Tunis , Tunisia . ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack . The bomber , who also died in the attack , was identified as Houssem Abdelli
Bardo National Museum attack
Bardo National Museum attack
ISIL insurgency in Tunisia