The death toll is now 23: Three Tunisians, including the two gunmen, and 20 tourists

Two Tunisian gunmen, both in their 20s, trained at jihadist camp in Libya

Nine people now arrested, five of whom are 'directly linked' with massacre

Terrifying pictures have emerged showing the bloody 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 gruesome 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.

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A window of the museum is filled with bullet holes after the shootout claimed the lives of 23 people

Left, a grenade lies on the floor of the museum. Right, spent bullet shells can be seen among the debris

A round of gunfire during the firefight left a wall of the museum sprayed with bullet holes

Bullet shells and pieces of building material cover the ground inside the Bardo National Museum

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. She was among 23 victims, six of which are yet to be identified.

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.

Meanwhile, Tunisian security forces arrested nine people, five of which those are thought to be 'directly linked' to the attack. The other four being held are believed to be part of the terror 'cell' supporting those involved in the attack, the president's office said.

News of the arrests came as hundreds of Tunisians rallied at the museum, stepping around trails of blood and broken glass to proclaim their solidarity with the victims and Tunisia's fledgling democracy.

About 500 people then held a moment of silence, before singing Tunisia's national anthem. One person carried a sign saying 'Tunisia is bloodied but still standing'.

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, 20, 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. The Tunisian government said tonight that the two men, both in their 20s, had trained at a jihadist camp in Libya.

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.

He is believed to live with his second wife Joan. Sally's mother is believed to have died.

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.'

Reverend Adam Watson, vicar of Saint Germain's in Scothern, said: 'The community here in Scothern has been shocked and are deeply saddened by the news of the death of Sally Adey.

'All our thoughts and prayers are with Sally's father Bob and his wife Joan at this terrible time.'

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.'

Tragedy: 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

Briton Sally Jane Adey, 57, was killed in the attack while on a holiday cruise which had docked in Tunis while on holiday with her husband Rob, right, who survived

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 was 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.

Mrs Adey's father was said to be 'shattered into a million pieces' following the news of her death. Here she is pictured while out dining with her husband Robert

Sally lived in the large detached home (pictured) in a hamlet outside Wolverhampton with her husband

A spokesman said: 'MSC Cruises can confirm that British passenger, Sally Adey, was tragically killed in yesterday's terrorist atrocity in Tunis.

'Her husband is receiving support from the MSC Cruises customer care team in Tunis and we will be offering all possible support to him and his family.'

There were 79 British passengers and 10 Irish passengers on the ship, all of whom are now accounted for.

One survivor of the attack, identified only as Maryline, has now told France.info how she splashed herself with victims' blood in a desperate attempt to play dead and avoid the attentions of the two gunmen.

She explained how she was saved when the group she was huddling with were shot at and the person in front of her hit in the head.

Terrified the terrorists would return, she and the others began smearing victims' blood all over their bodies.

'We were still alive, so we thought it would be best to pretend to be dead and smear blood all over ourselves in case they returned.'

Yesterday, Spanish woman Cristina Rubio - who is four months' pregnant - and her husband Juan Carlos Sanchez, who had been presumed dead, were found alive after spending the night hiding inside the museum.

Mr Sanchez said: ‘'We hid in a small room and that's where we stayed until the police saw us today and then we left.'

Other survivors of the Tunisia massacre have described how the two militants gunned down 'anything that moved' on the busy museum plaza as family members watched their loved ones being slaughtered beside them.

Souheil Alouini, a Tunisian member of parliament, lays flowers at a blood-stained pavement at the museum

A special forces officer stands guard outside the museum, where a police cordon sections off the bloody evidence of yesterday's massacre

The bloody scene of the killings (pictured) was today cordoned off as officials stood guard

Left, barbed wire and a stop sign lie discarded near the scene, which today remained covered in bloodstains (right)

Tunisian forensic investigators work at the museum in a bid to extract clues from the scene of the killings

Two special forces gunmen stand guard at the entrance to the museum today, which remains under tight security

The Tunisian Interior Minister addresses media yesterday after the shootout was concluded

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

Witness accounts have revealed a Colombian father watched his wife and child being shot dead beside him and a Japanese mother left unable to move when hit in the neck alongside her badly wounded daughter.

The terrifying accounts of yesterday's shooting have emerged as Tunisian authorities vow to wage a war against terror in the wake of the calculated onslaught, which claimed the lives of 20 tourists and wounded more than 40.

Today, Culture Minister Latifa Lakhdar gave a defiant press conference in the museum, where blood trails still stained the ground after tourists were gunned down amid the Roman-era mosaics.

'They are targeting knowledge. They are targeting science. They are targeting reason. They are targeting history. They are targeting memory, because all these things mean nothing in their eyes,' she told reporters.

'There is only their reactionary, very backward and sclerotic ideology.'

The tourists were visiting the popular Bardo National Museum in Tunis yesterday when they were killed by the two gunmen. Three Tunisians also died, as well as the two attackers. At least 50 more visitors were wounded.

Hostages flee the museum during the Tunisian special forces raid which ended in the death of both gunmen

An injured man is stretchered to hospital after being wounded in the terrorist attack yesterday

Officials cover bodies at the scene of the shooting at Bardo museum in Tunisia where at least 20 foreigners were killed

Bandages are wrapped around a victim's hand as she is carried from the area

One injured woman is stretchered from the scene after being caught up in the shooting in Tunisia which left at least 20 dead

ISIS CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY BUT SUSPECTED AL-QAEDA TERRORISTS NAMED Two suspected Al-Qaeda terrorists were today identified as the ringleaders of the murderous attack in Tunisia in which 17 tourists were killed. They were named as Yassine Abidi and Hatem Khachnaoui, both Tunisians in their 20s, who were themselves gunned down by police commandos. Both had spent 'a great deal of time' in Kasserine, the western province which is considered a stronghold of a jihadi group linked to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Tunisia's government also announced this evening that the two gunmen had trained at a jihadist camp in Libya, after being recruited at mosques in Tunisia. Interior minister official Rafik Chelli said the two men had travelled to Libya in September. However, it remains uncertain what group is responsible after ISIS today attempted to claim responsibility. Although it could simply be an attempt to take the credit and notoriety generated by the attack, a tweet sent from pro-ISIS Twitter accounts yesterday did accurately predict the massacre. Sent just hours before the gunmen opened fire on the popular museum, the tweet read: 'Coming good news to Tunisia's Muslims, and a shock to the disbelievers and the hypocrites, especially those who claim to be cultured.' Today it issued a statement describing the attack as a 'blessed invasion of one of the dens of infidels and vice in Muslim Tunisia,' and appeared on a forum that carries messages from the group. The statement said there were two attackers and they weren't killed until they ran out of ammunition and it promised further attacks. 'Wait for the glad tidings of what will harm you, impure ones, for what you have seen today is the first drop of the rain,' the statement, which was also announced by U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group, said. However, a Tunisian Interior Ministry source said today: 'The young men had boasted of their links with AQIM. One was living permanently in Tunis, while another was still based in Kasserine. 'AQIM is well established in the region, and anti-terrorist operations are currently underway there in connection with yesterday's attack'. Kalashnikovs and grenades were used by Abidi and Khachnaoui during an onslaught which lasted four hours. Tunisia has said it will deploy the army to major cities and announced the arrest of nine people today in the wake of the worst attack on the north African country in more than a decade. Five of those are said to be 'directly linked' to the attack, while the other four are said to be part of the terror 'cell' supporting those involved in the attack. Yassine Abidi had been under surveillance but 'not for anything very special', Tunisia's Prime Minister Habib Essid said. He told France's RTL radio that Tunisia was working with other countries to learn more about the slain attackers. Advertisement

A neighbour of Mrs Adey today expressed her 'horror' at her death.

Annette Crawshaw, 73, who lives three doors down from Mrs Adey, near Shifnal, Shropshire, said: 'It is so tragic. I can't imagine the pain he and his family are going through.

'They are a lovely family. I last spoke to Sally at Christmas time. She seemed delighted to be spending time with her family.

'I've lived pretty much next door to her and her family for ten years. There are only a few houses here so we all look out for one another.

'I was absolutely shocked when I heard the news of her death. You never imagine someone you live near would ever be mixed up in such horror.

'She was a solicitor in Birmingham and was very often out early and back late but whenever I saw her she was friendly and pleasant. Her family were lovely.'

SPANISH TOURISTS FEARED DEAD FOUND HIDING IN SMALL ROOM Four-month-pregnant Cristina Rubio (pictured) and her partner Juan Carlos Sanchez survived by spending all night hiding in the museum Two Spanish tourists presumed dead in the attack were found alive earlier this morning after spending the night hiding inside the museum. Spanish media have named them as four-month-pregnant Cristina Rubio and Juan Carlos Sanchez, from Valencia. They remained hiding after hearing voices but were unsure if they belonged to terrorists or police. According to the Chicago Tribune, Mr Sanchez said: 'We saw a man come running in chased by the shots of a terrorist. 'We just saw the man who hit the floor and realized that someone was shooting and went to hide. 'We hid in a small room and that's where we stayed until the police saw us today and then we left.' Advertisement

Terry Holmes, 66, a retired computer security worker, has lived in the house next door to Mrs Adey for more than ten years.

He said: 'It's not the first cruise they've been on, but she said this one was a Mediterranean cruise. I know they had been planning it for a while and Sally was really looking forward to having a break with Rob.

'The daughter is at university down south and is about 20 and the son lives away from home. We were going to look after Sally's property while she was away.

'I'm devastated and I'm still trying to take in what has happened. ‎Sally was a lovely, homely person. We were as close as neighbours can be.'

Meanwhile, witnesses to the massacre described how the attackers, wearing military clothing and armed with assault rifles, indiscriminately gunned down visitors departing tour buses in the area before entering the building to take more than 100 people hostage.

Josep Lluis Cusido, mayor of the small Spanish town of Vallmoll, was at the museum for a wedding anniversary trip with his wife.

'We saw a bunch of people leaving a vehicle and they started shooting everyone walking down the plaza at that moment, Cusido told Spain's Cadena Ser radio station.

'After they entered the museum. I saw their faces: They were about 10 meters away from me, shooting at anything that moved.

'I managed to hide behind a pillar, there were unlucky people who they killed right there.'

A Japanese survivor, 35-year-old Noriko Yuki, said: 'I was crouching down with my arms over my head, but I was shot in the ear, hand and neck,' she told Japanese broadcaster NHK from her hospital bed.

'My mother beside me was shot in the neck. Mother couldn't move by herself when the police came over,' she added.

Candles and a placard reading 'Tunisia remains standing' adorn the Avenue Habib Bourguiba in Tunis

Protesting Tunisians hold signs that read 'no to terrorists' in the wake of yesterday's killings

Candles are lit at the entrance to the museum, where more than 20 died and 44 were wounded yesterday

CRUISE SHIP COSTA FASCINOSA: PIANIST WITNESSES SECOND TRAGEDY Piano player Antonello Tonna (pictured) has witnessed two tragedies after being aboard both the Costa Fascinosa yesterday and the Costa Concordia in 2012 In a remarkable twist, it has emerged the pianist aboard Italian cruise liner Costa Fascinosa was also on board the Costa Concordia when it sank in 2012. Antonello Tonna was on board the ship when the shootout at the museum began. According to The Telegraph, he told Italian media: 'Mine is a tragic destiny - to be called by journalists once again about a drama that I have been involved in. 'I'm reliving the same powerful emotions that I went through during the sinking of the Concordia.' He added that he first heard about the attack when he received a text message from his wife. 'There was a great deal of apprehension, with passengers glued to their mobiles trying to get information.' Meanwhile, Michael Thamm, the chief executive of Costa Group, has released a statement regarding the deaths and injuries of passengers on board the luxury liner. He said: 'With great sadness we regret to report that three passengers of the Costa Fascinosa are amongst the victims of this barbaric and horrific terror attack in Tunis, and a further eight guests are injured. 'In addition, two remain unaccounted for. We strongly condemn the attack on democratic Tunisia. 'Our deepest sympathy and our condolences go to the victims and their families. We share their sorrow. Our team in Tunis is currently taking care of the companions of the victims and the eight guests who are being treated in hospitals.' Advertisement

This evening, Dr. Samar Samoud of the health ministry said the remaining victims include three Japanese women, three French citizens, a retired Spanish couple, an Australian man, a Colombian woman, a Polish man, a Belgian woman and an Italian citizen.

The victim from Australia has been identified as a joint Australian-Colombian national who only graduated from university last week, Fairfax Media reported.

Javier Camelo was on a Mediterranean cruise with his parents to celebrate his graduation when he was gunned down. His mother was also killed in the attack.

However, it has not been confirmed if they were the Colombian victims previously described, with Tunisian authorities listing both Australian and Colombian deaths in the attack.

Mr Camelo was photographed with his graduation certificate at the Madrid university last week and his last picture posted to Facebook was of him and his parents in Italy just days ago.

Mr Camelo started working at Sydney University in 2010 before taking a job as an analyst at American Express in Sydney.

He moved to the company's UK office for a year before returning to Sydney.

'I can't believe it was just a few short days ago we shared one of the biggest moments of our lives, and we were talking hopefully about the future. There's never enough time, but we're honoured to have known you and shared part of our lives with you. Rest in peace, my friend,' a classmate wrote on Facebook.

Tunisians light candles outside the museum last night in a show of solidarity for the victims of the killing

More than 1,000 Tunisians gathered outside the building in a late-night vigil to pay their respects to those murdered

Locals angrily protest in response to the attacks which targeted Tunisia's tourism industry

Armed Tunisian soldiers stand guard outside the museum after the death of 20 tourists

The Spanish couple who died was celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary and it was the first time they had travelled outside Spain, the Spanish foreign minister said. Their two children were flying to Tunis to retrieve their parents' bodies.

One victim, identified in Japanese media as 66-year-old Machiyo Narusawa, was among a group of 70 Japanese tourists, mostly retirees who had traveled from Tokyo.

As the international community denounced yesterday's assault on the popular museum in Tunis, President Beij Caid Essebsi vowed Tunisia would fight 'to our last breath'.

'I want the Tunisian people to understand that we are in a war against terrorism and that these savage minorities do not frighten us,' said Essebsi, who visited some of the dozens being treated for wounds in a Tunis hospital.

'We will fight them without mercy to our last breath.'

French tourist Fabienne recounted how she and others hid in one of the museum's galleries along with their guide.

'We couldn't see anything, but there must have been a lot of them. We were afraid that, at any moment, they would come kill us,' she told France's BFM television.

Among the dead were five Japanese, four Italians, two Colombians and one each from Australia, France, Poland and Spain, in what the Tunisian Prime Minister said was a definitive toll.

Police officers march through the streets of Tunis in the wake of the deady attacks

Police officers stand guard yesterday outside the Tunisian parliament, which is located beside the museum where the attack unfolded

Survivors of the massacre run to safety as they are surrounded by responding Tunisian special forces

A victim of the attack is stretched to hospital amid the mayhem of the wholesale slaughter

However, differing figures were given by other governments and there was conflicting information over the breakdown, with some of the dead identified as joint nationals.

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the claim that five Japanese had died was an 'error', stating that the toll stood at three dead and three injured.

Police killed the two gunmen and the authorities were still hunting for possible accomplices, said the prime minister.

The government announced more than 40 people were wounded, with Health Minister Said Aidi saying they included citizens of France, South Africa, Poland, Italy and Japan.