{"id":5062,"date":"2015-07-01T18:36:19","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T17:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=5062"},"modified":"2015-07-01T18:36:19","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T17:36:19","slug":"tunisia-identifies-all-38-victims-of-beach-massacre-30-british","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/tunisia-identifies-all-38-victims-of-beach-massacre-30-british\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunisia identifies all 38 victims of beach massacre, 30 British"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tunisia\"<\/a>All 38 victims of the Tunisian beach resort massacre have been formally identified, among them 30 Britons, the health ministry said Wednesday.
\nOn Friday, 23-year-old student Seifeddine Rezgui went on a bloody rampage in Port El Kantaoui, shooting 38 foreigners with a Kalashnikov assault rifle at the popular resort\u2019s five-star Riu Imperial Marhaba hotel.
\n\u201cAll the bodies have been identified. Among them are 30 Britons,\u201d said the ministry\u2019s director of emergency services, Naoufel Somrani.
\nOf the remaining victims, three were from Ireland, two from Germany and one each from Belgium, Portugal and Russia.
\nBritain was flying home Wednesday the bodies of eight nationals, with more repatriations expected in the coming days.
\nThe three Irish victims were also set for repatriation Wednesday, the Tunisian health ministry said.
\nFriday\u2019s death toll was the worst loss of life for Britain in a jihadist attack since the July 2005 bombings in London.
\nPrime Minister David Cameron has promised to back a full investigation, calling for \u201ca response at home and abroad\u201d to violent Islamic fundamentalism.
\nBritish police have also sent forensic experts to Tunisia to help local teams probing the attack.
\nThe 25 British tourists who were wounded have already been flown home, while 4,000 terrified holidaymakers were repatriated at the weekend. Another 1,900 are due to return home in the coming days.<\/p>\n

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