Many Britons Killed In Tunisia - PM

Many Britons Killed In Tunisia - PM
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Many of those killed when a gunman massacred holidaymakers on a Tunisian beach are British, the Prime Minister has said.

David Cameron warned that the public needs to be prepared for the fact that "many of those killed" in the "savage" Tunisian shooting were Britons.

He spoke as reports from Tunisia suggested that the UK death toll had risen to eight out of 39 people killed in the popular resort of Sousse.

Mr Cameron said a "full deployment team" of consular staff, police and experts from the Red Cross would arrive in the North African country today to help the victims and their families and the Government was doing "all we can to" help them.

Speaking in Downing Street, he said: "These savage terrorist attacks in Tunisia, Kuwait and France are a brutal and tragic reminder of the threat faced around the world from these evil terrorists."