MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A memorial dedicated to the victims of the deadly shooting in Tunisia as well as a separate site of remembrance for British citizens killed in terror attacks overseas will be built in the United Kingdom, the country's Prime Minister David Cameron has said.
On June 26, a gunman, later identified as Seifeddine Rezgui, walked down a beach in Sousse, Tunisia fatally shooting nearly 40 holidaymakers, most of them British tourists, with an automatic rifle. The Islamic State (ISIL) jihadist group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
"Those who lost their lives in Tunisia last week were innocent victims of a brutal terrorist atrocity. It is right that we mark and commemorate them and others murdered by terrorists overseas, appropriately, and support the loved ones they have left behind in every way we can," Cameron was quoted as saying by The Guardian Sunday.
Both memorials will be funded by banking fines levied by the Financial Conduct Authority, according to the newspaper.
The announcement comes as the British capital is due to mark the tenth anniversary of the July 7, 2005 suicide bombings in London, when 52 people were killed.
A wreath-laying ceremony will be held in Hyde Park and a national service of remembrance will take place at St Paul’s Cathedral in London.
