Tunis, 29 Mar - (ANA) - Thousands of Tunisians, led by their president and joined by several foreign dignitaries, have marched in the capital, Tunis, to denounce violence after the museum massacre of 22 tourists. The event began in Tunis at 10:00GMT on Sunday, going from Bab Saadoun Square to the museum where a stone tablet was dedicated to the memory of the victims. Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi hosted the foreign dignitaries, including his French counterpart Francois Hollande, Poland's president Bronislaw Komorowski, as well as Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Algeria's premier, Abdelmalek Sellal, as well as the foreign ministers of Spain, Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, and the Netherlands' Bert Koenders were also among the dignitaries. On March 18, two gunmen targeted the National Bardo Museum in an attack claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, killing 22 people, mostly foreign tourists, and dealing a severe blow to a country that is highly dependent on tourism. The dead tourists were from Italy, Japan, France, Spain, Colombia, Australia, Britain, Belgium, Poland and Russia. A Tunisian policeman was also gunned down. On Saturday, the death toll rose from 21 to 22 after a Frenchwoman died of injuries sustained in the attack. The attack was "a big blow, but this blow did not kill us, it made us stronger", Salma Elloumi Rekik, the country's tourism minister, said on Saturday. (ANA)

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