A team of Polish psychologists and doctors will immediately leave for Tunisia to help those Poles who were caught in the middle of the attack.

During a press conference on Wednesday, Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz said that she could not specify the exact number of Polish nationals who had been killed during a terrorist attack at a museum in the Tunisian capital, Tunis.

Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid said that the among 19 people killed over the course of the day were 17 tourists from Italy, Germany, Poland and Spain.

A unidentified individual, injured when gunmen targeted tourists at the National Bardo Museum, is transported to the Charle Nicol hospital, Tunis, Tunisia. Photo: EPA/STR

The Polish head of Government said that a group of psychologists and doctors would be flying to Tunisia to help those involved in the tragedy.

In her press conference, PM Kopacz added that later in the day, she planned to speak to her Tunisian counterpart to gain more information on the tragedy.

No more holidays

Kopacz also stressed that the warning about the dangers of travelling to Tunisia, made in May 2014, is “still valid”.

In an interview with broadcaster TVN24, the deputy-head of the ITAKA travel office, Piotr Henicz, said that his company – one of Poland’s largest tour organisers – is cancelling all flights and holidays to Tunisia.

A general view of one of the buses riddled with bullets during an attack by gunmen targeting tourists at the National Bardo Museum, receiving treatment at the Charle Nicol hospital, Tunis, Tunisia. Photo: EPA/STR

The only exception is a charter flight which will only be sent to pick up the 182 company clients currently in the country.

At least two gunmen opened fire on a number of tour buses containing tourists, and then proceeded to take the hostages inside the museum in central Tunis.

A coordinated siege by police saw the two gunmen being killed.

At the time of the attack, there was a group of 36 Poles in or around the Bardo museum. Twenty have been since been evacuated and are safe.

The fate of the rest is unknown.

The government has set up a helpline for families of those involved to gain information about their loved ones: (++48) 22 523 8880. (rg)