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| Tunisia attack: First arrests over Sousse massacre | |
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| Tunisia has made its first arrests over the massacre of 38 people, mainly tourists, by a gunman at the beach resort of Sousse on Friday, the country's interior minister has said. | |
| Mohamed Gharsalli said 1,000 troops would now be deployed to protect the country's beach resorts. | Mohamed Gharsalli said 1,000 troops would now be deployed to protect the country's beach resorts. |
| Three European ministers have laid flowers at the scene of the attack in a sign of solidarity. | |
| Islamic State (IS) has said it was behind the attack. | Islamic State (IS) has said it was behind the attack. |
| On Sunday the BBC learned that at least 30 of the dead were from the UK. | On Sunday the BBC learned that at least 30 of the dead were from the UK. |
| "We have started by arresting a first group, a significant number of people, from the network that was behind this terrorist criminal," said Mr Gharsalli, referring to gunman Seifeddine Rezgui, the Tunisian student who carried out Friday's attack. | |
| "We are friends against one enemy," said the interior minister, addressing his counterparts from the UK, Germany and France. | |
| UK Home Secretary Theresa May described Friday's attack as "a despicable act of cruelty". | |
| Friday's attack was the deadliest in Tunisia's recent history. In March, militants killed 22 people, mainly foreigners, at the Bardo museum in the capital Tunis. | |
| Tunisian authorities say army reservists will be deployed to tourist sites and that around 80 mosques accused of inciting violence will be closed within a week. |