ONE of the victims of the Tunisian beach massacre is being treated at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.

Four tourists hurt in Friday's attack were flown back to the UK to RAF Brize Norton during the early hours after dropping one patient off at Birmingham Airport.

Susan Brown, a spokesman for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust said: "We can confirm that a patient from Tunisia has been admitted to the John Radcliffe Hospital."

No further details about the patient have been made available by the trust.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham has also confirmed that it has taken one of the patients.

A spokesman for 10 Downing Street confirmed all British nationals who were injured would return in the next 24 hours.

 

 

The first RAF flight carrying the bodies of Britons killed in the Tunisian beach massacre will arrive at Brize Norton tomorrow, it has been confirmed.

It was not clear how many of the murdered holidaymakers will be on board the aircraft, but Downing Street said that more than one body was expected to be repatriated to the Oxfordshire airbase.

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond confirmed that 22 UK national victims have been positively identified, while it is believed that a further eight are among the dead.

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Further repatriation flights are expected over the course of the week as bodies are released by the Tunisian authorities, Mr Hammond said.

The Foreign Secretary said that co-operation with the Tunisian officials would be stepped up to protect Western tourists.

"We are fully engaged with the Tunisian authorities in putting together a package of support - British, French and German - to work with them to help them to enhance their security capabilities and to ensure greater security for foreign tourists visiting resorts in Tunisia; and to increase their investigating capabilities around this terrible incident."

Families who opt to make their own arrangements may make use of other airports.

The repatriation process is expected to take a number of days.

A joint inquest covering all of the British victims of the bloodbath is to be opened by the West London coroner.

Mr Cameron has announced that a minute's silence will be held in memory of the victims at noon on Friday, a week after the outrage. Downing Street said that flags will be flown at half-mast over Whitehall departments that day.

A total of 38 people, including up to 30 Britons, died after 23-year-old Seifeddine Rezgui opened fire in the resort of Sousse on Friday.

Authorities in Tunisia are continuing to quiz seven suspected associates of the gunman.