Qualla: 2015 Sousse Attacks https://qualla.com/2015-sousse-attacks en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:30 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: 2015 Sousse Attacks https://qualla.com/2015-sousse-attacks 2015 Sousse Attacks: Introduction https://qualla.com/2015-sousse-attacks/ He arrived at the beach with a Kalashnikov hidden inside a beach umbrella. On the afternoon of 26 June 2015, at the resort hotel in Port El Kantaoui, ten kilometers north of Sousse, 22-year-old Seifeddine Rezgui began shooting tourists as they sunbathed on the Mediterranean shore. By the time security forces killed him in an exchange of fire, 38 people were dead -- making it the deadliest terrorist attack in the history of modern Tunisia and one of the worst attacks on British citizens abroad. Thirty of the victims were from the United Kingdom.

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/r/s/2015-sousse-attacks-wp/snrs-2015-sousse-attacks-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full 2015 Sousse Attacks: A Contradiction in Human Form https://qualla.com/2015-sousse-attacks/ Rezgui did not fit the profile of a fanatic. An electrical engineering student at the University of Kairouan, he came from Gaafour in northwestern Tunisia. Neighbors knew him as a skilled breakdancer. He had a girlfriend. He drank alcohol. He followed Real Madrid. The Islamic Sta...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/r/s/2015-sousse-attacks-wp/snrs-2015-sousse-attacks-the-human-cost.mp3 0:06 4 full 2015 Sousse Attacks: Aftermath and Memory https://qualla.com/2015-sousse-attacks/ Tunisia's government responded with sweeping measures. Eighty mosques accused of inciting extremism were closed. New counter-terrorism legislation debated in parliament proposed expanded surveillance powers and the death penalty for terrorism-related offenses. The governor of Sou...

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