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Tunisia: 9 detained in connection to museum attack

By Associated Press
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Police officers guard the entrance of the National Bardo Museum a day after gunmen opened fire killing scores of people in Tunis, Thursday, March 19, 2015. One of the gunmen who killed tourists and others at a prominent Tunisian museum was known to intell

Police officers guard the entrance of the National Bardo Museum a day after gunmen opened fire killing scores of people in Tunis, Thursday, March 19, 2015. One of the gunmen who killed tourists and others at a prominent Tunisian museum was known to intelligence services, but no formal links to a particular extremist group have been established, the prime minister said Thursday.

Christophe Ena, Associated Press
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A unidentified relative of a victim of the attack, center, is escorted at the morgue of the Charles Nicolle hospital in Tunis Tunisia, Thursday, March 19, 2015. Authorities said more than 20 were killed after an attack on a major museum in the Tunisian ca

A unidentified relative of a victim of the attack, center, is escorted at the morgue of the Charles Nicolle hospital in Tunis Tunisia, Thursday, March 19, 2015. Authorities said more than 20 were killed after an attack on a major museum in the Tunisian capital, and some of the gunmen may have escaped.

Michel Euler, Associated Press
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A unidentified relative of a victim of the attack, center, is escorted at the morgue of the Charles Nicolle hospital in Tunis Tunisia, Thursday, March 19, 2015. Authorities said more than 20 were killed after an attack on a major museum in the Tunisian ca

A unidentified relative of a victim of the attack, center, is escorted at the morgue of the Charles Nicolle hospital in Tunis Tunisia, Thursday, March 19, 2015. Authorities said more than 20 were killed after an attack on a major museum in the Tunisian capital, and some of the gunmen may have escaped.

Michel Euler, Associated Press
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A unidentified relative of a victim of the attack, centre, is escorted at the morgue of the Charles Nicolle hospital in Tunis Tunisia, Thursday, March 19, 2015. Authorities said more than 20 were killed after an attack on a major museum in the Tunisian

A unidentified relative of a victim of the attack, centre, is escorted at the morgue of the Charles Nicolle hospital in Tunis Tunisia, Thursday, March 19, 2015. Authorities said more than 20 were killed after an attack on a major museum in the Tunisian capital, and some of the gunmen may have escaped.

Michel Euler, Associated Press
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Police officers guard the entrance of the National Bardo Museum a day after gunmen opened fire killing scores of people in Tunis, Thursday, March 19, 2015. One of the gunmen who killed tourists and others at a prominent Tunisian museum was known to intell
A unidentified relative of a victim of the attack, center, is escorted at the morgue of the Charles Nicolle hospital in Tunis Tunisia, Thursday, March 19, 2015. Authorities said more than 20 were killed after an attack on a major museum in the Tunisian ca
A unidentified relative of a victim of the attack, center, is escorted at the morgue of the Charles Nicolle hospital in Tunis Tunisia, Thursday, March 19, 2015. Authorities said more than 20 were killed after an attack on a major museum in the Tunisian ca
A unidentified relative of a victim of the attack, centre, is escorted at the morgue of the Charles Nicolle hospital in Tunis Tunisia, Thursday, March 19, 2015. Authorities said more than 20 were killed after an attack on a major museum in the Tunisian

TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisian security forces arrested nine people linked to the deadly attack on the National Bardo Museum that left 23 dead, scores wounded and threatened the country's fledgling democracy and struggling tourism industry, the president's office said Thursday.

The statement said five of those arrested were directly connected to the attack by two gunmen while the other four were arrested in the center of the country and part of a cell supporting those involved.

One of the gunmen was known to intelligence services, but no formal links to a particular extremist group have been established, the prime minister said Thursday.

The attack was the worst at a tourist site in Tunisia in years, and a leading cruise line announced it is now canceling its Tunisian stops.

Associated Press reporters Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo, Nicole Winfield in Rome, Jeff Schaeffer in Tunis, Monika Scislowska in Warsaw, Harold Heckle in Madrid and Lori Hinnant in Paris contributed to this report.

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