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The final five of the 30 British victims killed in the Tunisian beach gun massacre are due return to the UK on Saturday afternoon.The final five of the 30 British victims killed in the Tunisian beach gun massacre are due return to the UK on Saturday afternoon.
An RAF C-17 transport plane carrying the bodies of Lisa Burbidge, Stuart Cullen, Christopher Dyer, Bruce Wilkinson and Claire Windass were set to arrive at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, at about 3pm, the Foreign Office said.An RAF C-17 transport plane carrying the bodies of Lisa Burbidge, Stuart Cullen, Christopher Dyer, Bruce Wilkinson and Claire Windass were set to arrive at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, at about 3pm, the Foreign Office said.
Their coffins will be loaded onto hearses and travel in convoy to west London coroner’s court in Fulham, west London, where inquests into their deaths will be held.Their coffins will be loaded onto hearses and travel in convoy to west London coroner’s court in Fulham, west London, where inquests into their deaths will be held.
It is eight days since Seiffeddine Rezgui opened fire on the beach in front of the Imperial Marhaba Hotel in Sousse. He killed 38 foreign tourists before he was shot dead by Tunisian police.It is eight days since Seiffeddine Rezgui opened fire on the beach in front of the Imperial Marhaba Hotel in Sousse. He killed 38 foreign tourists before he was shot dead by Tunisian police.
Among the other victims were three Irish nationals, two Germans, one Belgian, one Portuguese and one Russian.Among the other victims were three Irish nationals, two Germans, one Belgian, one Portuguese and one Russian.
On Friday David Cameron, the prime minister, and the Queen joined millions of people across Britain in a minute’s silence to remember the victims. In Sousse, the Tunisian prime minister, Habib Essid, joined the British ambassador to lay wreaths at the scene of the killings. Lorna Carty became the third Irish victim to be laid to rest on Saturday as thousands attended her funeral in Robinstown, County Meath.
Mourners were led by her husband, Declan, a dairy farmer, her son Simon, 21, and daughter Hazel, 18.
As the hearse carrying her coffin arrived for the requiem mass, players from the Meath Gaelic football team, where her son Simon is in the senior squad, and her local club, Dunderry, formed a lengthy guard of honour, flanking the cortege.
Parish priest Father Noel Horneck told the mourners there were no words to ease the suffering of her family. “Her goodness and kindness will always be remembered and appreciated and spoken of,” he said. “But our mourning as friends, neighbours, colleagues, club and parish is nothing compared to your loss.”
On Friday David Cameron, the British prime minister, and the Queen joined millions of people across Britain in a minute’s silence to remember the victims. In Sousse, the Tunisian prime minister, Habib Essid, joined the British ambassador to lay wreaths at the scene of the killings.
Cameron had asked all government departments and official buildings in the UK, as well as British embassies and military bases across the world, to fly their flags at half-mast for the day as a mark of national mourning.Cameron had asked all government departments and official buildings in the UK, as well as British embassies and military bases across the world, to fly their flags at half-mast for the day as a mark of national mourning.
RAF planes began repatriating the bodies of the British victims on Wednesday, with arrivals continuing on Thursday and Friday. Wounded Britons – including four with severe injuries – have already been brought back to the UK.RAF planes began repatriating the bodies of the British victims on Wednesday, with arrivals continuing on Thursday and Friday. Wounded Britons – including four with severe injuries – have already been brought back to the UK.
Chinyere Inyama, senior coroner for west London, opened inquests on Friday into the deaths of eight of the Britons killed. The court heard evidence about the deadly wounds inflicted on the tourists at the resort. Further inquests will be opened over the weekend.Chinyere Inyama, senior coroner for west London, opened inquests on Friday into the deaths of eight of the Britons killed. The court heard evidence about the deadly wounds inflicted on the tourists at the resort. Further inquests will be opened over the weekend.
Tunisian authorities have so far detained eight people on suspicion of aiding Rezgui and are searching for two others believed to have trained with him in Libya. Four others have been questioned in connection with the massacre.Tunisian authorities have so far detained eight people on suspicion of aiding Rezgui and are searching for two others believed to have trained with him in Libya. Four others have been questioned in connection with the massacre.
Authorities believe Rezgui trained at the same jihadi camp as two gunmen who killed 21 tourists at the Bardo museum in Tunis in March.Authorities believe Rezgui trained at the same jihadi camp as two gunmen who killed 21 tourists at the Bardo museum in Tunis in March.
They fear a third sleeper cell, formed at the same time, could be lying in wait.They fear a third sleeper cell, formed at the same time, could be lying in wait.