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Tunisian broadcaster Nessma said that this has been announced by the spokesman of the court of first instance of Sousse, Mohamed Helmi Missaoui.

The body has been transferred to the Farhat Hached university hospital center for autopsy, the same source added.

An investigation has been opened, the report said.

Serbian Ambassador to Libya Oliver Potezica has died in a hospital in Sousse of injuries that he received in a traffic accident in this Tunisian town.

Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic confirmed the news on Wednesday.

The World Tourism Organization urged the international community on Nov. 12 to pool its resources to protect travel against terrorism fears that have devastated the industry in Tunisia and Egypt.

A Tunisian policeman was shot dead on Aug. 19 by two assailants on a motorbike in the coastal resort of Sousse where a jihadist gunman killed 38 tourists in June, a senior security official said.

'Strong' evidence suggests the Bardo Museum attack in Tunisia's capital in March is linked to the beach shooting in the country's resort of Sousse in June, according to British police, the BBC reported on Wednesday.

"Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism officers say they are now connecting the two attacks based on evidence," the BBC revealed.

Serbia's Foreign Ministry has told Serbian tourists not to go on holiday in Tunisia, arguing that after the recent terror attack there, and the introduction of state of emergency on July 4, "the risk of new terrorist attacks" remains concerning.

Data from Serbian travel agencies show that despite the latest terrorist attack in Tunisia and the ongoing crisis in Greece, Serbian tourists still wish to spend their vacations at both destinations.

Tunisia expects to lose at least $515 million this year, or about a quarter of its estimated annual tourism earnings, following the June 26 attack on a beach hotel that killed 39 people, mostly British holidaymakers. 

Tunisia said it would arm tourism police and deploy hundreds of reinforcements as authorities moved to boost security after a jihadist gunned down 38 people at a seaside resort in an attack claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Hundreds of armed police patrolled the streets of Tunisia's beach resorts on June 28 and the government said it will deploy hundreds more inside hotels after the Islamist militant attack in Sousse that killed 39 foreigners, mostly Britons.