The office of French President François Hollande has issued a statement mourning the victims of attack at Tunisia's Bardo Museum, reports DothanEagle.com.
The statement released late Wednesday said Hollande was saddened by the deaths of two French nationals. He said seven French nationals were wounded in the attack of which one was in serious condition.
He extended his condolences to the families of the victims and expressed his solidarity with Tunisia.
Tunisia's prime minister said earlier that one French national had died in the attack and another victim's nationality had not yet been verified. It was not immediately clear if the statement was referring to the unidentified victim or someone else.
Tunisia's prime minister says a total of 21 people have died in the attack against the Bardo museum, including 17 tourists, two Tunisians and two gunmen.
Prime Minister Habib Essid said Wednesday that five of the victims were Japanese, four Italian, two Colombian, two Spanish, one Australian, one Pole, one French national and one whose nationality has not yet been verified.
Essid said 44 people were wounded, among them: 13 Italians, seven French, four Japanese, two South Africans, one Pole, one Russian and six Tunisians.
He did not provide any information regarding the nationalities of the other wounded.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest says the US is prepared to offer assistance to Tunisian authorities in their investigation of the attack against the Bardo museum and "will continue to stand with our Tunisian partners against terrorist violence."
"We extend our deepest sympathies to the victims of today's heinous violence in Tunisia and condemn in the strongest terms this terrorist attack, which took the lives of innocent Tunisians as well as visiting tourists," Earnest said.
He said American officials are in touch with Tunisian authorities and that the US is proud of its "robust cooperation with Tunisia on counterterrorism and broader security issues."
Also, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos confirmed on Twitter that two Colombian citizens were among the victims of the attack.