PATH OF EVIL
A CHILLING video seen by an inquest has retraced the steps of the Tunisia gunman during his bloody beach rampage in 2015.
The eerie reconstruction follows the path taken by the ISIS killer Seifeddine Rezgui as he calmly made his way down the beach in the resort of Sousse massacring tourists.
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Relatives gathered at the Royal Courts of Justice in London watched as the computer-generated clip was played.
The footage showed where each holidaymaker was sat as Rezgui launched his attack, making his way up through the Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel as he slaughtered some 30 Brits.
The hearing was also told that local cops deliberately stalled on their way to the five-star hotel.
Samantha Leek QC, counsel to the inquest, told the court that a report by Tunisian Judge Akremi had identified failings by local officers which could have ended the slaughter sooner.
In a courtroom packed with relatives of the victims, Ms Leeks said that an unnamed interior minister had told the judge some Tunisian security officers nearby had consciously slowed down their arrival.
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She said: "He said the units that should have intervened in the events deliberately and unjustifiably slowed down to delay their arrival at the hotel.
"They had the ability to put an end to the attack before the police arrived but wasted a considerable amount of time in getting to the hotel.
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The lead-up to the full inquest opening on Monday saw the Government apply for certain elements of the inquests to be kept private over concerns about national security.
An earlier hearing was told that many families feared the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) may have failed in its responsibilities to thousands of British tourists.
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Some of the families of those caught in the Sousse attack said they had been assured by tour operator Thomson that it was safe to travel to Tunisia after the Bardo attack.
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TUI, the travel company that owns Thomson, is represented at the inquest, as is the Government.
Ms Leek said the inquest would hear evidence "critical of TUI" as well as witnesses on behalf of the firm.
LAD WHO LOST THREE LOVED ONES
SOUSSE hero Owen Richards who lost three family members in the attack attended yesterday's inquest.
The 17-year-old was pictured as he left the Royal Courts of Justice with his mum Suzanne Richards. Owen, of Wednesbury, West Midlands, was a hero survivor of the attacks in which he lost his uncle Adrian Evans, 49, grandfather Charles Evans, 78, and brother Joel Richards, 19. He has previously described as he "kept running" as bullets and bombs ripped through the hotel. A bullet grazed his shoulder before killing his dad stood next to him in the atrocity. The inquest court was packed with relatives and survivors as they relived the terrorist nightmare.
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