Tunisia hotel attack: British tourists among at least 37 dead after gunman storms beach resort following terror strikes in France and Kuwait

 

The attack at Sousse followed two earlier murderous assaults

At least 37 people, including British tourists, have been shot dead by a gunman who stormed a beach resort in Tunisia, strafing holidaymakers as they lay on sun loungers and sat beside swimming pools. The attack in Sousse, a popular resort some 80 miles south of the Tunisian capital, was the third in a series of bloody attacks internationally involving Islamist fighters on Friday.

In Kuwait a bomb at a Shia mosque killed at least 25 people, and in the French city of Lyon found a man's decapetated head, wrapped in an Isis flag, place on a factory fence. The man's body was later found outside the factory.

 Tunisia hotel attack: Foreign Office confirm at least five Britons dead in Sousse shootings - live

 

The Foreign Office has updated its travel advice with regards to Tunisia following the shootings

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has confirmed that five Britons are among the dead from today's shootings in the seaside town of Sousse in Tunisia. At least 37 people are reported to have been killed in a shooting at a hotel in the Tunisian seaside town of Sousse.

A gunman was killed at the scene, with an assault rifle and a bomb found on his body.