Francesco Caldara, a 64-year-old pensioner from the northern Italian city of Novara, according to La Stampa. It reported that Caldara was killed in a spray of bullets while he sat on a bus that had been parked outside the Bardo museum. Caldara was visiting Tunis as part of a Costa cruise, which was touring the Mediterranean for seven days.

His partner, Sonia Reddi, was also wounded in the attack and both were taken to hospital, where Caldara died.

The couple had left Italy on Sunday, according to Reddi’s family. They were on holiday to celebrate her birthday. Their next destination was supposed to be Mallorca.

A second victim was named as Orazio Conte, 54, from Turin. His wife, Carolina Bottari, was in hospital