The remains of the Irish victims of the attack in Tunisia will be brought home within days after they were formally identified yesterday.

Suspected associates of the Tunisian beach gunman have been arrested, as it was announced that Britain will observe a minute’s silence for the victims of the massacre.

As the aftermath of the Tunisia beach massacre unravels, more is being learned about the “warped” gunman.

Relatives of the three Irish people killed in last week’s terrorist attack in Tunisia face an agonising wait to bring their bodies home as the task of formal identification continues.

An Irishwoman caught up in the terrorist attack in Tunisia said she and others, also there, believe more than one gunman was involved in the massacre which claimed 38 lives.

Three murdered Irish tourists were ordinary people on a summer holiday, who were just hours away from flying home, when Seifeddine Rezgui took to Marhaba beach armed with an assault rifle and grenades and massacre of the innocent on his mind, reports Cormac O’Keeffe.