British death toll from Tunisia attack rises to 29

The coffin of Stephen Mellor is carried from an RAF C-17, which repatriated the bodies of eight British nationals killed in the Tunisia terror attack, at RAF Brize Norton near Oxford in Britain July 1, 2015. REUTERS/Joe Giddens/Pool

LONDON (Reuters) - The number of Britons confirmed killed by an Islamist gunman in Tunisia last Friday has risen to 29.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday the number of dead had risen to 27 from 22. Britain's Foreign Office later on Wednesday raised that figure to 29.