A window of the museum is filled with bullet holes after the shootout claimed the lives of 23 people
Terrifying
pictures have emerged showing the carnage unleashed on a Tunisian museum
yesterday when two gunmen using grenades and assault rifles massacred
20 tourists, including a British mother-of-two.
Photographs
taken in the aftermath of the killing show both the attackers lying
dead after they were gunned down by Tunisian special forces in their
raid to free hostages.
Other
pictures reveal the damage wreaked throughout the building - walls and
windows of the Bardo National Museum are filled with bullet holes,
while unused grenades sit scattered among the debris
The two attackers lie dead after being killed by Tunisian special forces during their raid to free hostages
The pictures
have emerged in the aftermath of one of the country's worst terror
attacks, in which British mother-of-two Sally Jane Adey was killed while
on a dream cruise with her husband they had booked at the last minute.Solicitor
Mrs Adey, 57, was aboard the MSC Splendida which had docked in Tunis
and was among at least 21 people killed by two gunmen during a
sightseeing trip to the city's museum.
Her
death was confirmed by the Foreign Office this morning and her husband
is believed to be safe and receiving support from the British Consulate.
Sally
lived in the large detached home in a hamlet outside Wolverhampton with
her solicitor husband Robert, 52, who is a partner for a law firm in
Birmingham.
The couple married in 1984 and have two children, Molly, 18, and Harry, 23, who are not believed to be on the cruise.
She
is believed to have retired to help her children get through their
A-levels and had only very recently started to get back to work
part-time.
News
of her death comes as survivors recall harrowing accounts of the
attack, in which they were forced to smear themselves in others' blood
to play dead and watched on as their loved ones were gunned down beside
them.
ISIS
has today claimed responsibility for the terror attack, although it
remains unclear if the group is genuinely responsible or is simply
attempting to take the credit.
Her
father Robert Johnson, a 90-year-old retired Wing Commander, was said
to be 'shattered into a million pieces' when he heard his daughter had
been slaughtered in the massacre, a friend revealed today.
A
friend said: 'The Johnsons are regular churchgoers and for a long time
Bob was on the parochial church council. Both he and his wife Joan have
been active members in the village choir and still are.
'He has been shattered into a million pieces by this news. It is so very very sad.'
A
close friend of Mrs Adey today paid tribute to the 'much-loved
daughter, wife and mother', who was due to return from the cruise this
weekend.
Julia
Holden, a partner in Birmingham-based Shakespeares Solicitors, where
Mrs Adey's husband Robert was also a partner, said: 'The family are
devastated by her loss. They are also saddened for others who have lost
people they love, and for those who have been hurt.'
Mrs Adey once described her passions as 'family, history and weekends away.'
Sally Jane Adey, 57, left, was murdered in the Tunis terror attack while
on holiday with her husband Robert, right, who was unharmed in the
massacre that left at least 23 dead
Posting a
profile on website BeeMee.com, she listed her 'loves' as 'family,
cooking, flowers, history, watching sport with my husband - golf, rugby,
cricket, motor racing. Weekends away with friends.'
She added that her 'hates' included 'spiders, liver and enclosed spaces.'
Under
the category for 'self-description' she wrote: 'That's tough! Short and
tubbier than I'd like to be. Trying to get a bit fitter before it's too
late. People say I'm sensible and well organised - that all sounds very
boring - sorry - in my fitness work I like boxing though - perhaps a
bit more interesting?'
As
well as being a solicitor specialising in company and commercial law,
Sally is also a director for Barber Farms Ltd in Scothern, Lincolnshire,
alongside her brother Michael Parrinder Johnson.
Debra
Thomas, 43, a close friend of Mrs Adey who had holidayed with her
recently, said: ‘I’m just totally distraught. I’m really struggling to
understand what has gone on. Sally was a wonderful lady.’
Ashen
faced Mrs Thomas, from Pattingham, Wolverhampton, confirmed the cruise
had been booked at the last minute, but did not know if it was arranged
to mark a particular occasion.
John
Fotheringham, vice chairman of Scothern Parish Council, said: 'It is
very sad to hear. The family has been in the village for a long time and
are well known and well respected. They are a very supportive of the
church and it will come as a shock.
'It
will be felt by the entire village community. I think every parents
fears a call that says their child has died. It is every parent’s worst
nightmare. The thoughts of many, many people will be with them.'
Prime Minister David Cameron condemned the terror attacks in which Mrs Adey died as an 'appalling and brutal outrage'.
MSC
Cruises, which runs the MSC Splendida tours, also said it was offering
support to Mrs Adey's husband in the wake of her death.
Tunisian Interior Minister Mohamed Najem Gharsalli (second from right)
and House Speaker Mohamed Ennaceur (far right) attend the funeral of
security team member Aymen Morjen, who was killed in the attack
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