Zohra Idriss of Hotel Riu Imperial Marhaba says it has five or six guards on the sandy beach. There was also been a failed suicide bomb attack in Sousse in 2013.
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Thomson ReutersFlowers are laid at the beachside of the Imperial Marhaba resort, which was attacked by a gunman in Sousse(Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said that Friday’s attack at a Tunisian hotel demonstrated the “level of evil” Britain is dealing with and drew parallels with previous attacks at magazine offices in Paris and in schools in Pakistan.
Sunday’s announcement brings the number of Irish victims to three. The person was not authorized to be publicly named speaking about the investigation.
The father and three roommates of the attacker have been detained for questioning in the capital of Tunis, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.
-By Elaine Ganley in Sousse, Tunisia.
As one countermeasure, Prime Minister Essid said that Tunisia planned within a week to close down 80 mosques that remain outside state control for inciting violence.
She described the attack as a “despicable act of cruelty,” and said her meetings with Tunisian officials reaffirmed the determination all parties have in fighting “this perverted ideology that is causing this death and destruction”. “He dressed normally. There was nothing to suggest he was an extremist, a radical”, Mijbary said.
Cameron also pledged a “full spectrum” response to the attack by Seifeddine Resgui, who was gunned down himself by police after his murderous rampage that left a total of 38 people dead on the Sousse beach resort.
Mr Gharsalli said he and the European security leaders agreed to work together on security and economic cooperation.
Authorities believe the suspected accomplices provided the Kalashnikov assault rifle to Rezgui and helped him get to the scene, Aroui said.
At least 30 of the dead were from the United Kingdom, the majority of those killed.
The morning after a lone gunman killed at tens of people at a beach resort in Tunisia, busloads of tourists are heading to the nearby Enfidha-Hammamet airport hoping to return to their home countries.
Standing on the sand surrounded by security officials, they at one point put their arms on each other’s shoulders.
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) – Thousands of tourists fled from Tunisia on Saturday after the country’s worst terrorist attack killed 38 people – including 15 Britons – as the government struggles to prevent future jihadi attacks against the all-important tourism sector.
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The attack – the second on tourists in Tunisia after the National Bardo Museum killings killed 22 people in March – prompted authorities to boost security at attractions and along its 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) of coastline.
