Tuesday’s planned reopening of the Bardo Museum in Tunis has been put back at the last minute for security reasons, according to the museum’s management.<br /><br /> “We were surprised at the last minute but, for security reasons, we cannot received a large number of visitors according to the interior ministry,” the Bardo’s communications chief Hanene Srarfi told AFP.<br /><br /> An official ceremony was planned instead for Tuesday afternoon, but only for the media and invited guests.<br /><br /> No date has been given for members of the public to be able to visit again.<br /><br /> The authorities had said at the weekend that the Bardo would reopen on Tuesday.<br /><br /> The self-proclaimed Islamic State group claimed it was behind the atrocity in which two gunmen went on the rampage, killing 20 foreign tourists and a Tunisian policeman.<br /><br /> On Monday six police chiefs were sacked amid controversy over security at the museum, which is in the same complex as Tunisia’s parliament.<br /><br /> There have been fears that the attack could damage the
