policemen guard the entrance of the bardo museum in tunis , tunisia , thursday , march 19 innocent people , mainly tourists . foreign tourists scrambled ... ( associated press ) a victim arrives at the charles nicoles media playback is unsupported on your device media caption the bbc 's james reynolds : " tunisia has managed to avoid the larger wars which have hit other arab states , but this attack ... reveals its vulnerability " a gunman involved in the attack that killed 20 tourists at the bardo museum in tunis was known to the authorities , tunisia 's prime minister has said . large crowds gathered in the centre of tunis , waving flags , singing the national anthem and shouting slogans against the gunmen who launched the daylight attack on the bardo museum , famous for its collections tunis gunmen wearing military uniforms stormed tunisia 's national museum on wednesday , killing 17 foreign tourists and two tunisians in one of the worst militant attacks in a country that had largely escaped the region 's " arab spring " turmoil . tunisia 's leading museum to go have lunch with his tour guide when a man came streaking past , fleeing gunshots . habib essid told tunisia ’s presidency says four arrests have been arrested in connection with a gun attack in tunis that saw 23 people killed on wednesday , including 20 foreign tourists . tunis , tunisia ( ap ) — tunisia 's health minister says the death toll in a dramatic museum attack has risen to 23 people , including 18 foreign tourists . five japanese as well as visitors from italy , poland and spain were among the dead in the noon assault on bardo museum inside the heavily warsaw , poland ( ap ) — poland has sent a plane with doctors and diplomats to tunisia to help and bring back poles injured in a gun attack in a museum in tunis . tunisians holding candles pray at the entrance gate of the national bardo museum where scores of people were killed after gunmen staged an attack , tunis , wednesday , march 18 , 2015 .