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Britain announces official day of mourning for victims of Tunisia attack

Xinhua, July 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

Britain will observe an official day of mourning on Friday to pay respect to those killed in an attack last week at a beach resort in Tunisia, Downing Street announced Thursday.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has asked all government departments, military bases, and embassies to lower the Union Jack flag to half mast for an official day of mourning on Friday.

A national silence of one minute will also be held at noon on Friday, Cameron said on Monday.

In a statement, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said: "We now have all 30 British victims positively identified and we can say with a high degree of confidence that is now the final death toll of British nationals killed in this incident."

The bodies of the victims are being flown back to Britain by Royal Air Force (RAF) chartered flights.

"We will be repatriating another nine bodies today, and there will be two further repatriation flights tomorrow and Saturday," Hammond noted.

A total of 38 people, many of them foreign tourists, were killed and many others injured when at least one gun man opened fire on a Tunisian beachside hotel in the popular resort town of Sousse on Friday. Endit