Townsville Bulletin

HOLIDAY TURNS INTO HORROR DAY

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THEIR loved ones had expected to welcome them home in a few days after a holiday in the sun in Tunisia.

Instead, eight British holiday- makers have been returned in coffins, flown home in a military plane, after being slaughtere­d by gunman Seifeddine Rezgui six days ago.

On board were the bodies of Adrian Evans, 49, his father Patrick Evans, 78, and Adrian’s nephew Joel Richards, 19; fashion blogger Carly Lovett, 24; Stephen Mellor, 59; social worker John Stollery, 58; and Denis Thwaites, 70, and his wife Elaine, 69.

Joel’s mother, Suzanne Richards, said: “We’re a small and normal family, but nothing will be normal again. My son Joel, dad Pat and brother Adrian were our rocks … we’ll never get over losing them. As a nation we must fight this evil together and smile for Joel, Ade, Pat.”

 ??  ?? BODIES HOME: The coffin of Denis Thwaites is taken from an RAF C- 17 aircraft after the journey from Tunisia.
BODIES HOME: The coffin of Denis Thwaites is taken from an RAF C- 17 aircraft after the journey from Tunisia.

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