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| UK Tunisian death toll 'will top 30' | UK Tunisian death toll 'will top 30' |
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| The number of Britons killed in Friday's Tunisian beach attack will rise to at least 30, the BBC understands. | |
| The Foreign Office has put the official death toll at 15, but ministers said the number was likely to rise. | The Foreign Office has put the official death toll at 15, but ministers said the number was likely to rise. |
| The Queen has sent her "sincere condolences" to the families of the victims. | The Queen has sent her "sincere condolences" to the families of the victims. |
| Meanwhile, relatives of those who are injured or still missing anxiously await more news. | Meanwhile, relatives of those who are injured or still missing anxiously await more news. |
| The identification of British victims is taking time because of stringent Tunisian regulations, the BBC has been told. | |
| A senior government source said the coroner in the beach resort of Sousse requires medical or dental records in order to complete the formal identification process. | |
| Home Secretary Theresa May suggested officials were having difficulty identifying the British victims as many were not carrying identification. | |
| She said many would not have had passports with them on the beach and some victims were being moved between hospitals in the country. | |
| Investigations continue | |
| Scotland Yard says its investigation into the attack is "likely to be one of the largest counter-terrorism deployments" since the aftermath of the 7/7 bombings in London in 2005. | |
| The Met said the operation currently involves more than 600 officers and staff, with many sent to British airports to speak to returning holidaymakers. | |
| It has also deployed 16 officers to Tunisia, including forensic specialists and family liaison officers. | |
| Other countries affected by the shooting carried out by 23-year-old Seifeddine Rezgui, who had links with Islamic State, include Belgium, Germany and Ukraine. Three people from the Republic of Ireland were also killed. | |
| Gunman 'had help' | |
| The Foreign Office has updated its travel advice to warn that further terrorist attacks in Tunisia are possible, and urged people to be vigilant. | |
| Mohammed Ali Aroui, a spokesman for Tunisia's Interior Ministry, told the AP news agency that investigators were "sure" Rezgui had help. | |
| He said the attacker's father and three friends he lived with in Kairouan, where he studied, had been detained for questioning. |