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Families of Tunisia terror attack victims await inquest conclusions

Relatives have called for a "neglect" conclusion, after they claimed tour operator TUI had failed to protect guests.

By Laura Bundock, Sky News Reporter

Tuesday 28 February 2017 09:43, UK

A total of 38 people were shot dead by the gunman in Sousse in 2015
Image: Thirty-eight people were shot dead by Seifeddine Rezgui in June 2015
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Relatives of the British victims of the Tunisian terror attack will today hear the conclusions of the inquest into the deaths.

The coroner, Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith, will deliver his findings at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.

The families are expected to be in court to hear the final conclusion.

Thirty British holidaymakers were killed in the attack, which took place in the popular seaside resort of Sousse.

  1. Billy and Lisa Graham, from Bankfoot near Perth in Scotland
    Image: Billy and Lisa Graham, from Bankfoot near Perth in Scotland, were among the 30 Britons killed at the popular resort of Port el Kantaoui in Sousse, Tunisia
  2. Claire Windass, 54, was among the 30 Britons killed
    Image: Claire Windass, 54, was among those who died in the attack on 26 June, 2015
  3. Former Birmingham City footballer Denis Thwaites, 70, and his wife Elaine, 69, who lived in Blackpool
    Image: Former Birmingham City footballer Denis Thwaites, 70, and his wife Elaine, 69, who lived in Blackpool
  4. Scott Chalkley from Derby
    Image: Scott Chalkley, from Derby
  5. Jim and Ann McQuire, aged 66 and 63, from Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire
    Image: Jim and Ann McQuire, aged 66 and 63, from Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire
  6. Stuart Cullen, 52, from Lowestoft in Suffolk
    Image: Stuart Cullen, 52, from Lowestoft in Suffolk
  7. Attacj victim Sue Davey (second left) 43, from Staffordshire, with her children
    Image: Victim Sue Davey (second left) 43, from Staffordshire, with her children
  8. Bruce Wilkinson, a 72-year-old grandfather from Goole, East Yorkshire
    Image: Bruce Wilkinson, a 72-year-old grandfather from Goole, East Yorkshire
  9. Student Joel Richards (C), his uncle Adrian Evans (R) and his grandfather Charles 'Patrick' Evans
    Image: Student Joel Richards (C), his uncle Adrian Evans (R) and his grandfather Charles 'Patrick' Evans
  10. fashion blogger Carly Lovett, 24, from Gainsborough in Lincolnshire
    Image: Fashion blogger Carly Lovett, 24, from Gainsborough in Lincolnshire
  11. Lisa Burbidge, 66, a grandmother-of-four from Whickham, Gateshead
    Image: Lisa Burbidge, 66, a grandmother-of-four from Whickham, Gateshead
  12. Trudy Jones, a divorced single mother-of-four from Gwent, South Wales,
    Image: Trudy Jones, a divorced single mother-of-four from Gwent, South Wales,
  13. Ray and Angela Fisher from Leicester
    Image: Ray and Angela Fisher, from Leicester
  14. Chris Dyer, 32, an engineer who practised jiu-jitsu, from Watford
    Image: Chris Dyer, 32, an engineer who practised jiu-jitsu, from Watford
  15. Christopher Bell, 59, and his 54-year-old wife Sharon, from Leeds,
    Image: Christopher Bell, 59, and his 54-year-old wife Sharon, from Leeds
  16. Philip Heathcote
    Image: Philip Heathcote
  17. Retired printer John Stocker, 74, and his wife, 63-year-old Janet
    Image: Retired printer John Stocker, 74, and his wife, 63-year-old Janet
  18. Retired scientist David Thompson
    Image: Retired scientist David Thompson
  19. Plumber John Welch and his partner Eileen Swannock
    Image: Plumber John Welch and his partner Eileen Swannock
  20. Stephen Mellor, a 59-year-old engineer from East Cornwall
    Image: Stephen Mellor, a 59-year-old engineer from East Cornwall
  21. John Stollery, 58, a social worker from Nottinghamshire
    Image: John Stollery, 58, a social worker from Nottinghamshire

It was the biggest loss of British life in a terror attack since the London bombings in 2005.

Islamist gunman Seifeddine Rezgui carried out the massacre at the five-star Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel on 26 June 2015, before he was shot dead by local police.

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CCTV pictures and video filmed from mobile phones captured him walking through the resort, randomly shooting guests.

The inquest was shown a computer simulation of the route he took, plotting the exact points each of the victims was killed.

It has been a difficult time for all the families.

They had wanted the coroner to consider a "neglect" conclusion, after they claimed the tour operator TUI had failed to protect the guests adequately.

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Their legal team argued TUI had not taken the terror threat seriously enough.

But the coroner indicated he did not believe neglect played a part in the deaths.

At the time there were concerns about the terror risk in Tunisia, given that three months earlier gunmen had killed 22 people in the Bardo Museum in Tunis, the country's capital.

Just one day before the Sousse resort attack, a Foreign Office meeting concluded they might need to consider again whether the recent attacks should mean the threat level be raised from green to amber.

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Tunisia beach attack footage played at inquest

Over the past three weeks, the inquest has heard evidence from a number of witnesses who were at the resort during the attack.

They spoke about the moments they saw the gunman walking along the beach reloading his automatic rifle before taking aim at tourists.

Tunisian authorities have still to find the driver of a vehicle which dropped him in a side road close to the hotel.

The coroner is expected to deliver his findings and conclusions at 10am.

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