REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SOUSSE -- Friday's deadly attack in Tunisia's sea resorts of Sousse has left 39 killed and 39 injured, and is considered one of the most brutal and deadliest strikes in nation's recent history.

"Tunisians are not united enough. We need to come together," said President Beji Caid Essebsi on Friday, outside the Marhaba hotel at the coast city of Sousse, where the attack happened.

Prime Minister Habib Essid also said on Friday that the nation' s war on terror would continue. He then called an urgent meeting with senior officials and issued what he deemed "immediate and exceptional" measures to face off this year's second major terrorist following the March attack on the Bardo museum in Tunis that killed 23 people.

According to the measures, about 80 mosques that did not have a legal status have been closed, while gatherings of non-official groups and political parties will be reviewed.

The two Tunisian leaders also hinted that the country would ban the use of the black flag of Salafist Ettahrir party.

"The only flag that should be waved is our red Tunisian flag. The black flag which belongs to these people [terrorists] should not stay," Essebsi said in a threatening tone on Friday.

Additionally, four mountain areas near the Algerian borders are to be classified as closed military zones. These mountains include Mount Samema and Mount Ouergha among others, where several security and sweeping operations took place in search for terrorist suspects. "By closing these areas, chasing terrorists and arresting them will become easier for our security forces," explained Essid.

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