Nineteen people have been killed after militants attacked a museum in the Tunisian parliament building compound, the country's prime minister has said.
Initial reports on local media said those killed included British nationals, but the Tunisian prime minister Habib Essid told national television the victims were Polish, Spanish, German, Italian and Tunisian, including 17 tourists.
The gunmen held hostages inside the Bardo Museum, but security forces surrounded the building and later stormed it, killing two militants.
One policeman was killed along with a cleaner during the operation.
The interior ministry said Tunisian troops freed all the hostages, but there were reports that security forces were hunting as many as three gunmen believed to still be at large.
AFP news agency reported that at least two men armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles were involved in the attack.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls confirmed that hostages had been taken during the attack.
Speaking in Brussels, he said: "I condemn this terrorist attack in the strongest terms. There has been a hostage-taking, without doubt tourists have been affected, killed."
The museum is a leading tourist attraction in the country, and houses one of the world's largest Roman mosaic collections.
Gavin Stoddart, a British tourist who left the museum 15 minutes before the attack, said he was made to return to his cruise ship after the tour guide got a phone call.
He told Sky News: "Tour guide didn't know reason. All coaches returned to ship very quickly.
"They're doing a ship-wide announcement about it all now. I don't think everyone is back on board.
"It just said there is extra security and we can see police boats around the ship now."
Costa Crociere, owners of the cruise liner Costa Fascinosa which docked in Tunis on Wednesday morning, said some of its 3,161 passengers were visiting Tunis and a tour of the Bardo museum was part of the itinerary.
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Gallery: Eight Tourists Killed In Tunisia Militant Attack
Tunisian security forces attempt to secure the area after gunmen attacked Tunis' famed Bardo Museum
At least seven foreigners and a Tunisian were killed in an attack on the museum by two men armed with assault rifles, the interior ministry said
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