26 facing trial over Tunisia attack

Six security officers and 20 other people are on trial in Tunisia over the 2015 Islamic extremist attack on a beach resort that killed 38 people, mostly British tourists.the officers are accused of failing to prevent or stop the attack.

The attacker, a Tunisian student who had trained with Libyan militants, was killed by police after the attack on 26 June, 2015.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack on the Imperial Hotel in the tourist resort of Port El Kantaoui, a few miles north of Sousse.