The first inquest into the deaths is to open at West London coroner’s court on Friday. He was paying quiet tribute to brother Joel, 19, his uncle Adrian Evans, 49, and his grandfather Patrick Evans, 78.
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The only surviving family member from the holiday, 16-year-old Owen Richards, observed the silence wearing the club’s red shirt and holding his mother’s hand with fellow mourners outside the grounds.
Lichfield: Lichfield Cathedral will mark the minute’s silence with a special ceremony. “It’s so busy and hustly and bustly, people just buzzing, then it suddenly goes quiet and it makes you think about what’s happened”, said Wimbledon first-timer Chris Schoeman, who is originally from South Africa.
In Sousse, the British ambassador, Hamish Cowell, joined diplomats from other countries whose citizens were killed and Tunisian dignitaries to lay wreaths on the sand at the scene of the attack.
The bodies of 17 of the 30 British victims killed in the beach massacre have been returned to the United Kingdom and eight more will be flown into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire today, the Foreign Office said, with the final five returning tomorrow.
British vacationers made up the majority of the 38 killed on the beach, and further repatriation flights are expected in coming days.
Tunisian officials said Thursday that Seifeddine Rezgui, the gunman who opened fire last Friday on a beach in the resort town of Sousse, killing 38, trained at a camp across the border in western Libya.
Worcester: There will be a minute’s silence in Worcester Cathedral. Wimbledon fell still as spectators congregated on Murray Mound to bow their heads, before clapping when the minute was over. People from many religions joined as Muslims broke their Ramadan fast.
Essid spoke as Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister David Cameron led a minute’s silence yesterday for the victims, 30 of whom were British tourists.
After the attack – which was claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group – Tunisia’s government pledged to boost security around hotels, beaches and attractions.
Ms Davey was killed alongside her partner Scott Chalkley, 42, from Derby, who was also fatally injured. Buckingham Palace is also flying its flag at half-mast.
At the same time colleagues of Mr Bell at Leeds railway station, where he worked in the ticket office, and staff at Avanta Care in Horsforth, where Mrs Bell was a domiciliary care manager, also came to a standstill in their memory.
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“All our stores will be taking part and the centre will fall silent in order for us all to pay our respects”.
