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| Tunisia attack: RAF flying home more bodies of UK dead | Tunisia attack: RAF flying home more bodies of UK dead |
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| The bodies of nine more Britons killed in the Tunisian beach attack are due to arrive back in the UK later. | The bodies of nine more Britons killed in the Tunisian beach attack are due to arrive back in the UK later. |
| Their coffins left a Tunis military airbase at 12:00 BST aboard an RAF flight to Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. | Their coffins left a Tunis military airbase at 12:00 BST aboard an RAF flight to Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. |
| Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said all 30 British victims had now been identified and he was confident the figure was the final death toll. | Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said all 30 British victims had now been identified and he was confident the figure was the final death toll. |
| Meanwhile, the defence secretary has set out the case for air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria. | Meanwhile, the defence secretary has set out the case for air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria. |
| Michael Fallon told MPs they should "be in absolutely no doubt the people who perpetrated the murders of our constituents are going to be tracked down, whether they're in Libya, Syria or anywhere else". | |
| He has also suggested the attack, which killed 38 people, may have been planned by IS in Syria. | He has also suggested the attack, which killed 38 people, may have been planned by IS in Syria. |
| It comes as the Tunisian government said it had arrested 12 suspects in connection with Friday's attack, which IS has claimed. | It comes as the Tunisian government said it had arrested 12 suspects in connection with Friday's attack, which IS has claimed. |
| Victims flown home | Victims flown home |
| Those being repatriated on Thursday are: | Those being repatriated on Thursday are: |
| The first inquests into the Tunisia deaths will open, then be adjourned, at West London Coroner's Court on Thursday afternoon. Further inquests at the court will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. | The first inquests into the Tunisia deaths will open, then be adjourned, at West London Coroner's Court on Thursday afternoon. Further inquests at the court will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. |
| Post-mortem examinations will be carried out before the bodies are released to their families. | Post-mortem examinations will be carried out before the bodies are released to their families. |
| Eight other Britons killed by gunman Seifeddine Rezgui - who had links to IS - were brought back to the UK on Wednesday. | Eight other Britons killed by gunman Seifeddine Rezgui - who had links to IS - were brought back to the UK on Wednesday. |
| What we know about the British victims | |
| The repatriation of all of the dead is likely to take several days, with two further flights planned for Friday and Saturday. | The repatriation of all of the dead is likely to take several days, with two further flights planned for Friday and Saturday. |
| A minute's silence is due to be held across the UK at noon on Friday to mark a week from the date of the attack. | A minute's silence is due to be held across the UK at noon on Friday to mark a week from the date of the attack. |
| Background and analysis | Background and analysis |