British Woman Among 23 Killed In Tunisia Attack

A "much-loved" British mother-of-two was killed in the terror attack in Tunisia that left 23 people dead, it has emerged.

Newly retired Sally Adey, 57, was on holiday with her husband Robert, who is believed to be unharmed.

Terrorist group Islamic State has released an online audio recording in which it claims responsibility for Wednesday's shooting at the Bardo Museum in Tunis.

Witnesses say the gunmen opened fire on tourists arriving at museum, before chasing them inside. The two attackers were among the 23 people left dead.

Twenty foreign tourists were gunned down, including visitors from Japan, Italy, Colombia, Australia, France and Poland.

Most of the victims were passengers on two cruise liners.

The Adeys, both solicitors from Shropshire, had been on MSC Splendida, which docked at the port in Tunis early on Wednesday.

Julia Holden, a close friend of the Adey family and a partner at Shakespeares Solicitors in Birmingham where Mr Adey works, issued a statement on the family's behalf.

"Sally Adey was a much-loved daughter, wife and mother. The family are devastated by her loss," she said.

"They are also saddened for others who have lost people they love, and for those who have been hurt."

David Crawshaw, who was the Adeys' neighbour in Shifnal for more than a decade, said: "They were really the sort of neighbours you want, a fine, hard-working family, and Sally will be missed by us."

MSC Cruises, which owns the Splendida, said Mr Adey was receiving support from the firm in Tunis.

The gunmen, identified as Tunsians Yassine Laabidi and Hatem Khachnaoui, were killed by police.

Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid said Laabidi had been flagged to intelligence services, although not for "anything special".

No formal links to a particular terrorist group have been established following the attack.

Authorities are searching for two or three other possible accomplices.

A statement released by Tunisia's presidency said nine people suspected of links with the gunmen had been arrested.

It said the nine included four people directly linked to the operation and five suspected of having ties to the cell.

MSC Cruises said 12 of its passengers had been killed in the attack and 13 injured - two seriously.

Also among the ship's passengers were a Spanish couple who survived by hiding in the museum until dawn .

Juan Carlos Sanchez and Cristina Rubio - who is four months pregnant - remained in hiding for hours after the attackers were killed.

MSC Cruises and another cruise company whose passengers were among the victims in the attack, Costa Crociere, have suspended stops in the city in a blow for Tunisia's crucial tourist sector.

Five passengers on the Costa Fascinosa died, four Italians and a Russian, the company said in a statement. Eight others were injured.