Tunisia Beach Attack: 8 Suspects Face Charges

Eight suspects arrested in connection with the deadly attack on a Tunisian beach resort are to be charged, it is understood.

Sky sources revealed the seven men and one woman would face charges over the killings - as Britain's foreign office said all 30 British victims had now been identified.

Tunisia's government had earlier said 12 suspects had been detained, but four have since been released.

The country's authorities also revealed they were hunting two more militants who trained in Libya with the men who carried out last Friday's killings and those at the Bardo Museum in March.

Lazhar Akremi, minister for parliamentary relations, said: "This is a group who were trained in Libya, and who had the same objective. Two attacked the Bardo and one attacked Sousse.

"Police are hunting for two more."

Thirty-eight foreigners, most British tourists, were killed in Friday's attack before the gunman was shot by police.

In March, two gunmen killed 21 people at the Tunis Bardo museum, before they were also shot.

It comes as an RAF plane returns to Tunisia to continue the operation to repatriate the bodies of Britons killed in Sousse, with nine due to be flown back today.

They are Lisa and William Graham, Philip Heathcote, Trudy Jones, Ann and James McQuire, Janet and John Stocker, and David Thomson.

The C-17 military transport aircraft is expected back at Brize Norton in Oxfordshire this afternoon, with all of the victims flown home "over the coming days".

All 30 British tourists and three Irish holidaymakers tourists shot dead by Seifeddine Rezgui - among a total of 38 victims - have been identified .

On Wednesday, the coffins of Adrian Evans, Patrick Evans, Joel Richards, Carly Lovett, Stephen Mellor, John Stollery, and Denis and Elaine Thwaites were flown back – adorned with white flowers and carried off the aircraft by members of the armed forces.

Their bodies have since been taken to west London, where a post-mortem examination will take place. CT scans will be conducted in order to establish the precise cause of death.

The chief coroner has said the bodies will be released "to the families for burial or cremation as soon as is reasonably practicable".

A minute's silence will be held across the UK on Friday at midday, marking one week since the attack.

Flags are expected to be flown at half-mast over Buckingham Palace and government buildings.

Meanwhile, the British Government has indicated it is paving the way for airstrikes on Islamic State terrorists in Syria in the wake of the beach massacre.