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Tunisia attack: British death toll confirmed as 30

All 30 Britons killed in the Tunisian beach attack have been identified, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said.

It came as the bodies of more victims were flown back to Britain, nearly a week after Seifeddine Rezgui opened fire in the resort of Sousse.

Tunisian authorities have arrested a number of people suspected of having links to the massacre.

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Military personnel mark return of UK Tunisia victims

The body of William Graham, a victim of the Tunisia attack, arrives in Brize Norton

Military personnel have solemnly marked the return of the bodies of nine Britons killed in last week's Tunisia attack at an airbase in Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.

The remains of Lisa and William Graham, Philip Heathcote, Trudy Jones, Ann and James McQuire, Janet and John Stocker, and David Thompson arrived home on Thursday.

They were flown to the UK in an RAF C17 transport plane and then transferred to waiting hearses.

The body of Trudy Jones, a victim of the Tunisia attack, arrives in Brize Norton

The task, performed by members of the RAF Regiment's Queen's Colour Squadron, was witnessed by relatives of the dead who were present at the airbase.

The bodies returned home amid the news that the final British death toll in the attack on a resort in Sousse has now been confirmed at 30.

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