The attack – the second on tourists in Tunisia after the National Bardo Museum killings left 22 dead in March – prompted authorities to boost security at attractions and along its 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) of coastline.
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PORT EL KANTAOUI, Tunisia-Tunisia said Monday it had made its first arrests after a beach massacre that killed 38 people, as European officials paid tribute to victims of the country’s worst jihadist attack.
“Police arrested three Tunisians who were involved in planning the attack with Rezgui”, the source said.
The attacks occurred a day after a auto bomb attack in the Syrian Kurdish city of Kobani launched an ISIS offensive that killed at least 200 people.
The attacker, identified by authorities as 24-year-old Saif Al-Deen Al Rezgui, was shot dead by police Friday outside the hotel.
Standing on the sand surrounded by security officials, they at one point put their arms on each other’s shoulders.
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere also said that the four countrues would work together against the terrorists.
The self-styled Islamic State group later claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Queen on Monday sent her “sincere condolences” to victims’ families, saying she was “shocked” at the attack, Buckingham Palace said in a statement.
(CNS): As many as 30 British people could have been killed in the terrorist attack in Tunisia Friday, as it is understood that most of the 38 victims in Sousse were holidaymakers from the United Kingdom.
Cameron wrote in the Daily Telegraph newspaper that “we must be more intolerant of intolerance – rejecting anyone whose views condone the Islamist extremist narrative and create the conditions for it to flourish”.
Kuwait said Sunday that the suicide bomber had been identified as a young Saudi national who arrived in the Persian Gulf emirate only hours before the attack, the Los Angeles Times reported.
“Until we’ve defeated this threat we must resolve as a country to carry on living our lives alongside it”, he told Parliament in London on Monday, explaining why the government was maintaining its advice on travel to Tunisia.
“We are a target”, he said.
In his remarks, stressing importance of fighting Daesh in every sense, Cameron said: “The fight against the barbaric terrorist organization [is] the struggle of our generation”.
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Speaking in the House of Commons, Cameron announced that the commemoration would be held at midday Friday. “We are united in wanting to defeat them and defend our values”.
