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| Tunisia attack: police arrest 12 people and hunt for two trained by gunman | Tunisia attack: police arrest 12 people and hunt for two trained by gunman |
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| Tunisian authorities have arrested 12 people they suspect are linked to the deadly Sousse beach attack on foreign tourists, and are hunting for two men who trained in a Libyan jihadi camp with the Sousse attacker, according to an official. | Tunisian authorities have arrested 12 people they suspect are linked to the deadly Sousse beach attack on foreign tourists, and are hunting for two men who trained in a Libyan jihadi camp with the Sousse attacker, according to an official. |
| Thirty-eight foreigners, mostly British holidaymakers, were killed in last Friday’s attack before the gunman was shot by police. In March, two gunmen killed 21 people at the Tunis Bardo museum, before they were also shot. | Thirty-eight foreigners, mostly British holidaymakers, were killed in last Friday’s attack before the gunman was shot by police. In March, two gunmen killed 21 people at the Tunis Bardo museum, before they were also shot. |
| “This is a group who were trained in Libya, and who had the same objective. Two attacked the Bardo and one attacked Sousse,” Lazhar Akremi, minister for parliamentary relations, told reporters late on Wednesday. “Police are hunting for two more.” | “This is a group who were trained in Libya, and who had the same objective. Two attacked the Bardo and one attacked Sousse,” Lazhar Akremi, minister for parliamentary relations, told reporters late on Wednesday. “Police are hunting for two more.” |
| The Tunisian government is holding a news conference on Thursday morning about the investigation. The Islamic State (Isis) claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack, in which Tunisian student Seifeddine Rezgui opened fire on a beach in the resort of Sousse. | |
| At least 27 Britons are confirmed among the dead. Eight were brought back to British soil on Wednesday and more Britons killed will be flown back to the UK today. |