Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday pledged a wide response to extremism, describing Britain as being united in grief over the beach massacre in Tunisia.
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Tunisian authorities said 1,000 armed police are being deployed in Tunisia to help prevent further attacks in almost 700 locations across the country.
“She has wounds from bomb fragments; she will stay here, ” said Dr Abdulmajid Msalmi, of the Essalem clinic.
The number of British victims confirmed dead reached 18 today but it is expected to rise to around 30 in the coming days.
Tunisian Minister Gharsalli warned “anyone who provided any logistical or financial assistance” to Rezgui would be arrested.
Interior Minister Hajem Gharsalli said the authorities had arrested “a significant number of people from the network that was behind this terrorist criminal”, referring to the lone gunman.
“It’s clear that the government’s security policy requires a massive revision, in the sense that most of the tourist sites weren’t well-protected”, Tunisian security analyst Alaya Allani said.
“There will be armed security inside the hotels if the owner expresses his desire for that, then the Ministry of Interior is ready to do it”.
Nicola Sturgeon said: “The Scottish Government, Police Scotland and our partners are doing everything possible to support those who may be affected by this horrific attack and their families”.
A fan of break dance, rap music and Club Africa, Tunisia’s league champions, Rezqui worked part-time in the small Ben Hassan café in Gaafour serving coffee and cigarettes.
British Home Secretary Theresa May centre right, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve 2nd left, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere 3rd left joined their Tunisian counterpart Mohamed Najem Gharsalli centre…
“It’s the first time I’ve ever been on holiday and feared for my life”, said British tourist Matthew Preece, adding it was his third time visiting Tunisia and likely his last.
Despite having so much at stake, the shocking slayings of 22 tourists at the national museum in March failed to persuade lawmakers to resolve their debate over an anti-terror strategy proposed more than a year earlier.
“It would be indecent and not send a positive message to put out such a campaign while the bodies of the victims are still there and people remain in shock”, she said.
He called for efforts against online propaganda by groups like Islamic State, which claimed responsibility for the attack, but also said there was a need to strengthen political institutions overseas.
Forensic evidence shows Rezgui, a student who gave few clues to family and friends that he had been radicalized, was probably the only gunman, though others may have been involved in planning and organising the attack.
Loumi said the government planned to end a visitors’ tax and also to review debt relief for hotel operators as ways to help sustain the industry.
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Some 600 British counterterrorism police members have been deployed to assist in the investigation of the attack.
