tunisia has been on high alert since a terrorist attack in march at the bardo museum in tunis killedforeigners. its secular democracy has escaped the worst of the region's recent upheavals. >> in tunisia we have a lot of tunisias who went fighting in syria or libya, and have come back to tunisia. a lot of tunisias are angry against the state, and do not accept the democratic state and pledge to wage jihad against the tunisian state. >> reporter: this will remind tunisias of how vulnerable they are to the destructive forces sweeping the region. >> nazanin considering the bardo attack two months ago, two major attacks in just a matter of months obviously targeting the tourism industry which accounts for about 15% of the gdp. what is the aim in the destabilization of tunisia? >> reporter: well i think a lot of tunisians will be wondering what the people responsible for this were trying to do. are they trying to destroy tunisia's economy, which is reliant on tourism with the hundreds of thousands of people employed? or is this more of a political message. because tunisia is one of the fe

it is tunisia's second attack this year after a shooting at the bardo museum in march. the impact on the tourism industry could be catastrophic. reporter: british tourists lucky enough to have survived the massacre are going home. they are amongst thousands of people who would rather cut their holidays short then stay on in tunisia, where 38 people, most of them tourists, were killed in a gun rampage on friday. >> never ever coming in. reporter: last week's attack is the latest blow to the country's tourism industry. still reeling from the aftermath of the 2011 revolution and the attack on the bardo museum in march of this year. >> we failed. we failed to protect the people who came to spend the holiday in our country and sent them back in coffins. we failed. we must revise our strategy and identify failures and fix it. reporter: british travel agents say they have flown home 4000 holidaymakers since friday. in france, operators say that nearly all package holidays for tunisia next month has been canceled. for a country that has long prided itself for drawing tourists w

we know from the bardo museum attacks, they were trained in libya, carried out by tunis yaps, and they were from ordinary middle class backgrounds. the tunisians are trying to work out why thousands of young people are travelling from iraq syria and libya to fight with groups like i.s.i.l. in those areas, and some are returning and posing a threat to security here in tunisia. >> it's a fundamental question for the tunisian authorities. are questioned raised yet as to why these visible signs of increased security why they were not put in place earlier, given what happened in march? >> well i think people are focussing on the lessons that should have been learnt before the bardo museum attack in tunis. you have to remember there are thousands of tourist spots and hotels along the coastline in tunisia. the focus on the security was at airports, at key tourist locations. now there is a big presence. how long can that last. how can you have a 24 hour presence at a tourist area. some say it's better to put those resources into trying to get to the heart of the root causes of why people are d

the last time we saw something as bad as this was of course the attack on the bardo museum. as far as the security in tunis has nothing been learned from that? what are the issues here? >> i think bardo was looked at as a same tack. i.s.i.s. has been continuously saying there's more to come in tunisia. tunisia's economy is built around economy and when you lock down the tourists don't come. >> the rise of extremism, there are reports that the killer in this case was a young tunisian student. why is extremism increasing in tunisia? >> a number of things. at least 3,000 of the fighters in tunisia are actually tunisians and have returned to tunisia. you have a major conflict in libya and the western part of tunisian that has always been a hotbed of extremism. opening for the more conservative some would say radical imams v who now have an in with some mosques to push more radical ideology. >> reporter: the tunisian prime minister of course saying he's stepping up security, sending more security to the isolated sites. this seems like a piecemeal way of dealing with these groups

case we are hearing reports that there were three gunmen in this beach resort attack but in the bardo museum as well going into the museum targeting people who had no way of fighting back and tunisian police responding. at the moment we do understand at least one gunman is still on the loose. one has been captured and one has been killed early in the attack. this is going cause more damage to tunisia's already flailing tourism industry. 7% of its gdp, but still incredibly important and props up another of other businesses and, indeed, the economy as well. >> robyn, we're just getting a statement from the u.s. secretary of homeland security jeh johnson, responding to these attacks on three continents in france kuwait and tunisia. he says today's terrorists attacks in france tunisia and kuwait are a reminder of the evolving global terrorist threats. we stand in support of the people of those countries and mourn the loss of those kills then he says this. this is important for our viewers in the united states. he says "particularly with the upcoming july 4 holiday here there the united states, t

. >> and after the attacks we saw at the bardo museum in march people are wondering why didn't this place have the appropriate security measures in place. we appreciate your report. >>> britain is remembering its citizens killed in the tunisia beach massacre. michael holmes has more on that. >> reporter: small shrines, places of remembrance are popping up in places around the country, places that meant something to those who lost their lives. a football club in the english midlands the team fouled by 19-year-old joel richards. one family three generations. only joel's 16-year-old brother owen on the left survived. a flag on the council building where adrian evans worked is at half staff. people remembering a work colleague trying to take it all in. >> i saw the picture on the tv. i'm like that is adrian. i worked with him. he was a nice funny chap. the guys always got on with him. >> people care deeply about this family and they really want to show how much this family means to them. >> reporter: for others in britain the anguish of waiting and knowing nothing. the family of a family near

but of course we had that deadly attack just a few months ago against the bardo museum in tunis, isisimed responsibility for that as well. i think this time around the isis claim, the local chapter of isis claim is credible because they put a picture up of the gunman just a few minutes after the attack and the family has confirmed that that's one in the same gunman. so i think it is a credible claim from isis. the group is stepping up its attacks across the region during ramadan. we also saw that deadly attack in kuwait on friday. i think there's real real concern we're entering a period of maximum danger now over the next three weeks of ramadan with isis' spokesman last week saying to isis supporters all around the world "if you die for us during ramadan, you'll get ten times the refwhardswards in paradise." i think there's significant concern not just in the middle east but also here in europe and also in the u.s. in the leadup to the july 4 weekend with recent evidence that isis isn't just grooming followers over social media but actually providing bomb-making instruction to them a

if you remember from the bardo attacks, the museum attack here in tunis in march, where 22 people wereilled both attackers there were tunisian both of them had apparently had training in libya in camps there, and they seem to be affiliated with a group connected to al-qaeda. so at the time of that attack isil did claim responsibility but all -- the group contacted to al-qaeda claimed responsibility too. we have to wait and see which group decides to claim responsibility for this attack but it does show you that tunisians, possibly who have been training abroad either in libya or syria are coming back to tunisia and carrying out attacks on their home soil against foreigners. >> nazanin thank you. >>> a suicide become blast after friday prayers at a shia muslim mosque in kuwait's capitol has killed at least 25 worshippers. isil fighters say they are behind the attack. but attacks in kuwait are rare as our correspondent explains. >> reporter: mobile phone pictures captured the panic and chaos following the explosion at a mosque in kuwait city. shia worshippers were the targets. initial re

of course this comes months after a major attack and a unique attack on the museum of bardo here in theitol, 22 people were killed then mainly foreign tourists. security has been stepped up in the last few months but mainly at military areas and key tourist points. further south there are hundreds of hotels and there is very minimal security at these hotels. it will be very difficult for the military for the police to react to these kinds of attacks which seem to be occurring now in tunisia, targeting foreign tourists. >>> isil has claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb at a mosque in kuwait. at least ten worshippers were killed after friday prayers. the emir of kuwait has been to the site. jamal reports. >> reporter: mobile phone pictures capture the panic and chaos following an explosion at the mosque in kuwait city. shia worshippers were the targets. initial reports are that a man blew himself up as the congress gags was leaving the mosque. the islamic state is claiming responsibilities. there are reports that at least five of the injured in critical condition in hospital. picture