15:07 27/06/2015
Tunis - Eight Britons, one Belgian and one German have been
identified among the 38 people killed by an Islamist gunman at a
Tunisian beach resort, the health ministry said on Saturday.
"Ten
bodies have been identified out of 38 - eight Britons, a Belgian and a
German," said senior ministry official Naoufel Somrani.
Another 39 people were wounded including British, German and Belgian nationals.
The
ministry said more time was needed to identify the other victims
because most of them were in beachwear at the time of the attack and
were not carrying identification.
The Islamic State jihadist group
claimed responsibility for the attack on Friday by an assailant who
pulled a gun from inside a beach umbrella and opened fire on crowds of
tourists on the beach and by a hotel pool in the popular Mediterranean
resort of Port el Kantaoui.
Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid
said early Saturday that most of the dead were British but that they
also included Germans, Belgians and French.
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