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Inquests into Tunisia terrorist attack deaths begin

Destinations
Gary Noakes
16 January 2017

The inquests into the deaths of 30 Tui clients killed in last year’s terrorist attack in Tunisia opens today (January 16) with its outcome critical as to whether victims’ families take legal action against the operator.

The big two

The hearing, at London’s Royal Courts of Justice, is expected to last seven weeks. The coroner, Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith, will sit without a jury and listen to evidence from witnesses including the tour operator, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the RIU Imperial Marhaba Hotel in Sousse, where the attack took place.