Four people in direct connection with the museum massacre in Tunisia have been arrested, officials said.
The Tunisian president’s office announced Thursday morning that they had taken the individuals into custody.
Tunisia’s army will be deployed to protect major cities and increase security across the country after Wednesday’s attack.
“After a meeting with the armed forces, the president has decided large cities will be secured by the army,” the president’s office said Thursday in a statement.
The north African nation is on edge after terrorists posing as soldiers went on a killing rampage at the Bardo Museum in Tunis — gunning down unsuspecting tourists as they got off buses and slaughtering hostages during a three-hour standoff.
The four arrests came Thursday as Tunisia’s health minister, Said Aidi, also said that the death toll had risen to 23 people, including 18 foreign tourists from Japan, Italy, Colombia, Australia, Spain, France and Poland, the Associated Press reports.
At least 44 people from Italy, France, Japan, South Africa, Poland, Belgium and Russia were wounded, officials said.
A British woman named Sally Jane Adey was also identified Thursday by UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond as one of the victims, according to BBC.
Aidi said that several of the victims had been brought in without identity documents, but he knew for certain that five Tunisians had been killed, including the two gunmen.
With Post Wire Services