A Tunisian appeals court specialising in terrorism cases has increased prison sentences for five people convicted in connection with a deadly attack on the Ghriba synagogue on the island of Djerba in May 2023.
The ruling includes harsher sentences for the attacker's fiancée and another individual who provided him with accommodation, according to local media reports on Tuesday.
Both had their prison terms increased from eight to ten years and were fined 50,000 Tunisian dinars ($16,600) each.
The court also increased the sentence of a third defendant from two to six years in prison, while a fourth defendant was sentenced to six years.
A fifth defendant, who remains at large, was also sentenced to six years in prison.
The original verdicts were issued in February 2026 by a Tunisian court specialising in terrorism cases, with sentences ranging from an acquittal for one defendant to eight years in prison for others.
Two defendants had been detained on charges of involvement in murder and membership of a terrorist group, according to The New Arab.
The rulings relate to the May 2023 attack on the historic Ghriba synagogue, which took place during an annual Jewish pilgrimage that attracts worshippers from Tunisia and abroad.
The attack began when a member of Tunisia's National Guard killed a fellow security officer and seized his firearm before travelling towards the synagogue on a quad bike.
The gunman then opened fire near the synagogue, where hundreds of Jewish worshippers had gathered for the third day of the annual pilgrimage.
Five people were killed in the attack, including three security personnel and two visitors, before security forces shot dead the attacker.
The Ghriba synagogue, widely regarded as the oldest synagogue in Africa, was previously targeted in a suicide truck bombing in 2002 that killed 21 people.
The 2023 attack renewed security concerns surrounding the annual pilgrimage, one of the most important events for Tunisia's Jewish community.