Police ordered worshippers to shelter in place during amid an annual pilgrimage to the island of Djerba that draws hundreds of Jews from Europe and Israel; Two visitors killed, six security officers and four visitors injured
The victims were identified Aviel Haddad, an Israeli who was living in Tunisia, and his French cousin Ben Haddad, who attending the annual pilgrimage to the 2,500-year-old site during the Lag BaOmer festivities
For hours, the worshippers at the synagogue in Djerba were locked inside and sending live updates to Israel, but government officials and media outlets chose not to accurately depict what had happened for a long time; the Jewish community is fighting the planned autopsy of Ben and Aviel's bodies in Tunisia
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