This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33393486
The article has changed 7 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
Version 1 | Version 2 |
---|---|
Tunisia beach attack: Last five bodies returning to UK | |
(about 5 hours later) | |
The final five bodies of British victims killed in the Tunisia beach attack are being flown back to the UK. | |
A coroner will also continue to open inquests into the deaths of those murdered in the attack, which left 38 dead, including 30 Britons. | |
A minute's silence was held in the UK and at the scene in Sousse on Friday, exactly a week on from the killings. | |
Meanwhile, Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid has criticised the slow police response to the attack. | |
Returning home | |
The Foreign Office confirmed the five Britons being repatriated on Saturday are: | |
Three members of the same family, a recently-engaged beauty blogger and a husband who shielded his wife: What we know about the British victims | |
The bodies are due to arrive on an RAF C-17 aircraft at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire at about 15:00 BST. | |
Their coffins will be loaded on to hearses and travel in convoy to West London Coroner's Court in Fulham, where inquests into their deaths will be opened. | |
The first inquests into the deaths were opened on Friday. During one of the hearings, the coroner heard Stephen Mellor from Bodmin, Cornwall, was killed by gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen as he shielded his wife Cheryl. | |
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. |
Among the three Irish citizens killed in the attack were Larry and Martina Hayes, who were buried in Athlone on Friday - which was also the 30th birthday of their only daughter, Sinead. | |
Other victims included two Germans, one Belgian, one Portuguese and one Russian national. | Other victims included two Germans, one Belgian, one Portuguese and one Russian national. |
Minute's silence | Minute's silence |
Also on Friday, the Queen and Prime Minister David Cameron joined the minute's silence, along with the families of the dead. | Also on Friday, the Queen and Prime Minister David Cameron joined the minute's silence, along with the families of the dead. |
Tourists and Tunisians gathered at the scene of the attack in Sousse, where they linked arms to observe the pause. | Tourists and Tunisians gathered at the scene of the attack in Sousse, where they linked arms to observe the pause. |
Tunisian PM Mr Essid also took part in the commemorations there and said he was deeply sorry for the attack. | Tunisian PM Mr Essid also took part in the commemorations there and said he was deeply sorry for the attack. |
Reports have suggested the assault took place over almost 35 minutes, and that the gunman was able to return to kill some of the wounded before the police arrived. | Reports have suggested the assault took place over almost 35 minutes, and that the gunman was able to return to kill some of the wounded before the police arrived. |
"The time of the reaction - this is the problem," Mr Essid told the BBC's Richard Galpin. | "The time of the reaction - this is the problem," Mr Essid told the BBC's Richard Galpin. |
"We feel really sorry about what happened," he said. "They were our guests. They came to spend their vacation with us, but what happened is a horror, unacceptable." | "We feel really sorry about what happened," he said. "They were our guests. They came to spend their vacation with us, but what happened is a horror, unacceptable." |
Tunisian authorities have identified 28-year-old Tunisian student Seifeddine Rezgui as the gunman who carried out the attack. | Tunisian authorities have identified 28-year-old Tunisian student Seifeddine Rezgui as the gunman who carried out the attack. |
They are also holding eight suspects in custody on suspicion of being directly linked to the attack, which jihadist group Islamic State has claimed. Four others who were held have been released. | They are also holding eight suspects in custody on suspicion of being directly linked to the attack, which jihadist group Islamic State has claimed. Four others who were held have been released. |
Background and analysis | Background and analysis |