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Tunisia terror attacks: Memorial service for British victims | |
(about 3 hours later) | |
A memorial service is being held to commemorate the British tourists killed in terror attacks in Tunisia last year. | |
Thirty Britons were among 38 tourists killed by a gunman at Port El Kantaoui in an attack on 26 June. A UK tourist was one of 22 killed in a separate attack at a museum in Tunis in March. | Thirty Britons were among 38 tourists killed by a gunman at Port El Kantaoui in an attack on 26 June. A UK tourist was one of 22 killed in a separate attack at a museum in Tunis in March. |
So-called Islamic State said it had been behind both attacks. | |
The service for survivors of the attacks and victims' families is being held at Westminster Abbey. | |
Prime Minister David Cameron and Prince Harry are among those speaking at the service, which is being conducted by the Dean of Westminster. | |
The prince will also lay a wreath on behalf of the Queen at Westminster Abbey's memorial to innocent victims. | |
Tunisia resort attack: What happened | |
Read more about what happened during the attack | Read more about what happened during the attack |
Tunisia attack: The British victims | Tunisia attack: The British victims |
Debbie Horsfall, from Huddersfield, is attending the memorial with her friend, Ellie Makin. | |
She said the pair, who are both 23, had been sunbathing on the beach where the attack happened. She had heard what she had thought were fireworks or a car backfiring. | |
"It was my friend [Ellie] who saw him and shouted, 'Run, there's someone with a gun,'" she said. | "It was my friend [Ellie] who saw him and shouted, 'Run, there's someone with a gun,'" she said. |
"When she shouted I didn't think twice, I just ran. We didn't have any idea what was going on. | |
"I had no idea whether there were any casualties. We were just fighting for our own lives." | |
The pair returned to their hotel where they waited until they learned the gunman had been killed. It was only later they learned of all the people who had been murdered. | |
"I think it's important to remember that so many people lost their lives," Ms Horsfall said. | |
"It's really important that we remember that although some made it, there were those who didn't." | |
She added that she and Ms Makin would not have gone to the memorial without each other. | |
"We were there together, we went through it together, so anything that happens in relation to the attack we'll do together." | "We were there together, we went through it together, so anything that happens in relation to the attack we'll do together." |
Sally Adey, 57, from Caynton in Shropshire, was among the 22 people killed in the separate attack at the Bardo National Museum on 18 March last year. | Sally Adey, 57, from Caynton in Shropshire, was among the 22 people killed in the separate attack at the Bardo National Museum on 18 March last year. |
Police have previously said there were "strong links" between the two attacks. | Police have previously said there were "strong links" between the two attacks. |
Last month it was announced that inquests into the deaths of the 30 Britons killed at Port El Kantaoui would be pushed back to next year. | Last month it was announced that inquests into the deaths of the 30 Britons killed at Port El Kantaoui would be pushed back to next year. |
The inquests had been due to begin in November this year but judge and coroner Nicholas Loraine-Smith said there was "an enormous amount of work to be done". | The inquests had been due to begin in November this year but judge and coroner Nicholas Loraine-Smith said there was "an enormous amount of work to be done". |