Group Affiliated with Islamic State Takes Responsibility for Tunisia Museum Attack

A militant group claiming to be affiliated with the Islamic State has taken responsibility for the recent Tunisia museum attack that left 22 dead.

The group, calling itself Jund al-Khilafah, or Soldiers of the Caliphate, took responsibility for the attack via an audio recording posted to social media this week, saying that it carried out the attack that involved gunmen shooting at tourists as they exited their tour buses at the popular National Bardo Museum in Tunis on March 18.

In the audio recording, the group pledges allegiance to the Syria-based Islamic State and its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

"We give you the glad tidings that we are soldiers of the Islamic State in your land — Jund al-Khilafah, soldiers of the Caliph Abu Bakr, may Allah preserve him," a translation of the five-minute audio recording states.

"Surely, the security of Tunisia will see horror, and surely you will see assassinations and explosions," the alleged militant adds in the recording. "Two men from among our soldiers immersed and acted against you and your citizens. So what if we send dozens and dozens?"

The announcement by the terror group comes just a few days after the Tunisian government said it had arrested most of the perpetrators involved in the recent terror attack, as well as killed the organizer of the attack.

Tunisia's prime minister, Habib Essid, announced over the weekend that security forces had killed Khaled Chayeb, who, according to the Tunisian government, orchestrated the museum attack along with several other militants.