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Foreign Secretary confirms 30 British victims of Tunisia attack

The Foreign Secretary has announced that all 30 British nationals killed in the Tunisia attack have now been positively identified by the police.

Philip Hammond

Philip Hammond

The Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said:

We now have all 30 British victims positively identified and we can say with a high degree of confidence that is now the final death toll of British nationals killed in this incident.

We will be repatriating another 9 bodies today, and there will be 2 further repatriation flights tomorrow and Saturday. Tomorrow is also a week from the date of the attack, and we will be holding a minute’s remembrance at noon across the UK as well as in British embassies and posts around the world.

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Published 2 July 2015