Bodies of Tunisia terror attack victims flown home

July 01, 2015 19:44

Five days after a gunman shattered the calm of a Tunisian beach in a bloody terror attack, killing 38 people, the bodies of his victims will start their journeys home.

A plane carrying the remains of eight British victims has left the Tunisian capital, Tunis, bound for Britain, UK Prime Minister David Cameron said.

Tunisian authorities have stepped up security as they investigate whether the gunman they say was responsible for the attack, Saif Al-Deen Al Rezgui, had accomplices in Friday's deadly shooting at a beach hotel in Sousse.

Seven Tunisians have been arrested in connection with the attack, Tunisian court spokesman Sofiene Selliti told CNN on Wednesday.

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