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Tunisia official says Moroccan held in Italy got weapons for museum attackers

TUNIS: The 22-year-old Moroccan man arrested in Italy on suspicion of involvement in the March 18 Islamist militant attack on Tunisia's Bardo Museum provided the weapons, a Tunisian official told Reuters on Thursday.

Italian police said on Wednesday they had arrested Abdelmajid Touil, who had been sought in connection with the attack in Tunis that killed 21 tourists.

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