Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

Tunisian group associated with attacker held


(MENAFN- Arab News) SOUSSE: Tunisian authorities have arrested a group of suspects associated with the gunman who killed 39 people mainly British tourists in a beach hotel attack claimed by Islamic State the interior minister said on Monday.
British Interior Minister Theresa May and her French and German counterparts visited the site of the attack near the Imperial Marhaba hotel in the resort town of Sousse laying flowers on the beach. They promised Tunisia help in security intelligence police training and to help keep tourism alive.
Tourism Police armed with handguns and rifles patrolled the waterfront where some European tourists remained amid the parasols and bouquets scattered in the sand.
Interior Minister Najem Gharsalli gave no details of those arrested and said officials were checking whether gunman Saif Rezgui had been trained in neighboring Libya in the militants' camps.



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