Tunisia: Up to 37 increased the number killed in the attack in Sousse
For at least 37 fatalities increased the number of armed men attack Friday on a beach near the hotel in the Tunisian city of Sousse (Sousse) – Tunisian health ministry said. 36 people were injured; few of them are in critical condition.
Among the dead are tourists from Britain, Germany, Belgium , Norway and Ireland. According to the British Foreign Office, in Susie killed at least five Britons. Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dublin says that among the victims there is one Irish.
Hotel Chain, which includes ofthe hotel Imperial Marhaba, today announced that at the time of the attack there were 565 people, “mostly from the UK and Central Europe.”
According to the Tunisian authorities and witnesses, he opened fire on the beach goers man looking like a tourist.
Man” came to the beach dressed like someone who goes to bathe. With him was the umbrella, where he hid the weapon. Then (…) used a weapon “- said the Tunisian Secretary of State for Security Affairs Rafik Chelly.
He added that the alleged perpetrator of the attack is unknown police Tunisian student. The bomber “is a Tunisian originating in a region of Kairouan”, one of the holy cities of Islam, in the north-east of Tunisia – he told Mosaique FM radio Chelly.
Near the hotel there was also an explosion – notes the Reuters news agency. According to witnesses, the attacker began to shoot people and threw explosives.
Tunisian security forces reported that the attacker, armed with a Kalashnikov, was killed in a gunfight with security forces. When his body was found a second explosive charge.
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