Moroccan man arrested for attack on Tunisian museum

Italian police arrested a Moroccan man Tuesday evening for allegedly helping perpetrate the hours-long siege on Tunisia’s Bardo museum that left 22 people dead.

He was arrested in the town of Gaggiano, eight miles from Milan. According to police, he had arrived in Italy aboard a migrant boat a month before the attack and was ordered expelled. It wasn’t clear whether he left, reported the Associated Press.

The man was named by Milan’s chief anti-terrorism investigator as Abdelmajid Touil, who was identified in Porto Empedocle, Sicily, on Feb. 17, according to the AP.

The hostage-taking at the museum in Tunis occurred on March 18. Two of the assailants were killed at the scene and a third gunman was believed to have escaped. The Islamic State group took responsibility for the siege.

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