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Tuesday 30 June 2015

Tears for the tourists killed on the beach: Devastated UK holidaymakers pay their respects to the 30 fellow Britons shot dead by ISIS fanatic

Brits in Sousse pay their respects for Britons shot by ISIS fanatic
British holidaymakers have been laying flowers and paying their respects to the 38 people who were killed by a gunman 

on the beach in Tunisia. Despite the massacre in Sousse, some British tourists have defiantly continued to stay in Sousse and remember those who lost their lives outside the RIU Imperial Marhaba and Bellevue hotels. Three heart-shaped memorials have been laid on the beach to mark where so many people lost their lives. Handwritten messages and floral tributes have been left by people from around the world.
Three heart-shaped memorials have been laid on the beach to mark where so many people lost their lives.
Handwritten messages and floral tributes have been left by people from around the world.

Deep in grief: Dabbing her eyes with a tissue, one tourist cries on the sands where holidaymakers had been enjoying the sunshine when the gunman started shooting
Deep in grief: Dabbing her eyes with a tissue, one tourist cries on the sands where holidaymakers had been enjoying the sunshine when the gunman started shooting
Remembering the fallen: A British family, who witnessed the shocking attack, comfort each other as they pay their respects to the victims
Remembering the fallen: A British family, who witnessed the shocking attack, comfort each other as they pay their respects to the victims
Never forgotten: 21 British nationals have been identified and a further 9 victims are thought to also be British. All the British victims will be repatriated to the UK
Never forgotten: 21 British nationals have been identified and a further 9 victims are thought to also be British. All the British victims will be repatriated to the UK
Standing firm: Mourners process along the water's edge as they remember those who lost their lives on the beach
Standing firm: Mourners process along the water's edge as they remember those who lost their lives on the beach
Laid in tribute: A holidaymaker takes time to reflect on those who died on the beach last Friday
Laid in tribute: A holidaymaker takes time to reflect on those who died on the beach last Friday

Locals fear their businesses will be destroyed by the attack, with European tourists going home early and staying away in the aftermath which claimed as many as 30 British lives.
However not all tourists have left the country, with a few holidaymakers defiantly staying on and arriving to remember those who lost their lives. 
Among those who came to lay flowers today were Caroline Baptiste and her daughter Jessica from Kent, and twins Chloe and Courtney Chapman from Hull, who marked their 16th birthday in the town yesterday.


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