'Amateur footage shows the aftermath of yet another tragedy at the Ghriba synagogue'
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00:00 This amateur footage shows the aftermath of yet another tragedy at the Grievous Synagogue.
00:06 One of the oldest in Africa and a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Jews every year
00:11 now turned upside down.
00:13 The results of the panic that unfolded after a naval guard opened fire close by and hundreds
00:18 attempted to flee.
00:21 According to the Interior Minister, the guard is said to have first shot and killed one
00:25 of his colleagues before taking his ammunition and heading towards the site of worship.
00:30 He then opened fire on the crowds, killing and wounding several civilians.
00:37 Over 5,000 people are said to have flocked to Djerba Island near Tunisia's eastern coast
00:42 as part of a yearly gathering at the Grievous Synagogue.
00:46 Most have travelled from abroad as only around 1,500 Jews still live in Tunisia - a fraction
00:53 of the 100,000 who lived there before the country's independence in 1956.
00:59 The 2,500-year-old site was already targeted in a suicide bombing carried out by Al-Qaeda
01:05 back in 2002 that killed 21 people.
01:09 This shooting comes as Tunisia's tourism industry was just about recovering from the impact
01:14 left by a pair of attacks in 2015.