A state of emergency temporarily gives the government more flexibility and the army and police more authority, and restricts the right of public assembly.
Tunisia last had a state of emergency during the 2011 uprising against autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali.
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4/7/15
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Tunisia President Beji Caid Essebsi declared a state of emergency on Saturday following an Islamic militant gun attack on a Sousse beach hotel, where 38 foreign tourists, mostly Britons, were killed, TAP news agency said, citing the president's office....
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The statement from the president's office said Essebsi would give a speech on national television to give more details at 1600 GMT.
The attack on the Sousse beach resort last Friday followed a gun attack on the Bardo museum in Tunis in March: two of the worst militant assaults in Tunisia's modern history, and a pressing threat to its vital tourist industry.
Tunisian officials say all three gunmen in those two attacks had been trained at the same time, over the border in jihadist camps in Libya, where a conflict between two rival governments has allowed Islamist militant groups to gain ground.
Tunisia last had a state of emergency during the 2011 uprising against autocrat Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.
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