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No Slovaks confirmed killed in Tunisia

Xinhua, June 27, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Slovak Foreign Affairs Ministry announced that there are no Slovaks confirmed been killed in a deadly attack that occurred at a hotel near the Tunisian town of Sousse on Friday.

"We're in touch with our colleagues from the Czech Embassy in Tunisia, who have no information on Slovak citizens being among the victims," said the ministry's spokesman Peter Stano.

The victim toll grew to 37 killed, 36 injured, in the deadly hotel attack in Tunisia's Sousse, said the Tunisian Ministry of Health on Friday.

The city of Sousse, 140 km south of capital Tunis, is one of the most prominent touristic destinations in the country.

At least five Britons were killed in the attack in Tunisia, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said Friday.

Meanwhile, head of the Slovak Interior Ministry's press department Ivan Netik said that the government will dispatch its TU 154 aircraft later on Friday in order to bring home all Slovak tourists in Tunisia who may wish to leave.

A total of 151 Slovaks have completed a registration form on the ministry's website about their planned whereabouts abroad before travelling to Tunisia.

"They should be in Tunisia now, but as registration is voluntary, we can't rule out the possibility that the number of holidaymakers is actually higher," stressed Stano. Endit