Minute’s silence for Tunisia victims
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a minute’s silence for victims of the Tunisia beach massacre, to take place at midday on Friday, a week after the attack.
So far, 18 Britons have been confirmed among the 38 dead, but the government said this toll is likely to rise to around 30 as more of the victims are identified. Cameron said the process of identification was still ongoing, three days after the atrocity.
Several of the 36 others who were severely injured in the shooting at Sousse have started to arrive back in the UK, some having been flown home by the RAF, supported by British medical teams.
Tunisia has made a number of arrests of people from a group which it believes was behind the attack, which was carried out by a lone gunman, student Seifeddine Rezgui, who arrived on the beach by boat or by jetski before beginning to fire on sun-bathers.
Local authorities say that although he was the only gunman, they’re sure he was part of a network which gave him weapons and logistic support.
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the massacre.
Tunisia’s interior minister said 1,000 soldiers will now be deployed to guard the country’s beach resorts. The Metropolitan Police has sent 15 officers from the UK to Tunisia to gather information on the attacker, who Prime Minister David Cameron said was part of a ‘death cult’.
Linsey McNeill
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