PRAYERS have been said for a Scots couple feared to have been murdered in the terror attack at a popular Tunisia beach resort.

The congregation were told Jim and Ann McQuire from Cumbernauld were thought to have been among the 38 people massacred on Friday.

Another Scots couple, William and Lisa Graham from Perth are still missing.

Yesterday, relatives told the McQuires’ minister at Abronhill Parish Church in the town that the authorities had said they were “99.9 per cent sure” they were dead, although official Foreign Office confirmation had not been received.

The couple had only booked their holiday a fortnight before leaving and were talking about the trip when they went to church on the Sunday before they left.

“I don’t think I can make any sense of it at all. My feeling is of numbness,” said minister Joyce Keyes.

“They were regular holiday goers since their retirement and were really looking forward to it.”

Speaking of the terror attack, close friend Andrew Eadie said: “I just can’t understand the logic of what they have done.

“I understand that there are freedom fighters and there’s people trying to make a point but there must be other ways than doing what they’ve done.”

Jim McQuire – a captain with the Boys’ Brigade – was due to attend a Royal Garden Party at Edinburgh on his return. The couple have one son, Stuart.

The Queen has sent her “sincere condolences” to the families of those killed. She said she and the Duke of Edinburgh were “shocked” by the attack and also offered their “deepest sympathy” to the injured.

Scotland Yard said its investigation into the massacre was likely to be one of the largest counter-terrorism deployments since the London 7/7 bombings in 2005, which killed 52.

The total number of Britons killed could be in the mid to high 20s and British officials are struggling to identify victims as few were carrying documents when they died.

Three people from Ireland were among those who died, while other victims included tourists from Belgium, Germany and Ukraine.

The attack was carried out by Islamic State-inspired Tunisian student Seifeddine Rezgui, 23, who witnesses say landed a small boat on the beach and hid an automatic rifle beneath a parasol before carrying out the killings.

He began his rampage on the beach at the RIU Imperial Marhaba and the RIU Bellevue hotels before entering the former. He was shot dead by police on a road outside the complex.

Yesterday, in a chilling message, Scots jihadi bride Aqsa Mahmood, from Glasgow, described Friday’s terror attacks in Tunisia, as well as in France and Kuwait, as “revenge” in a online post.

The beach where the killings took place was yesterday reopened with locals and tourists placing flowers on sunbeds in tribute to those who had died.

As many tourists returned home last night, relatives of those still missing were appealing for news of their loved ones.

Holly Graham, from Perth, said she was desperately worried about her parents Billy and Lisa who were staying at the Imperial Hotel in Sousse which were attacked and have not been in touch.

She said she had been struggling to find out what was happening from the tour operator or the Foreign Office.

“Thomson are like they’re just reading off a piece of paper.

“I’ve had friends phoning on my behalf because as you can imagine I’m a little bit of an emotional wreck at the moment,” she said.

The Foreign Office has updated its travel advice to warn that further terrorist attacks in Tunisia are possible and urged people to be vigilant.

While 15 British deaths have been confirmed, the victims have not been officially identified. However, the names of some have been confirmed by friends and family.

They are Carly Lovett, 24, a beauty blogger and photographer from Gainsborough in Lincolnshire, who was first to be named; Sue Davey and her partner Scott Chalkley, both in their 40s, whose deaths were confirmed by their respective sons; Adrian Evans, his father, 78-year-old Patrick Evans and nephew Joel Richards, 19, from Wednesbury; Bruce Wilkinson, 72, from Goole in Yorkshire; Lisa Burbidge, in her 60s, from Whickham, Gateshead; Claire Windass, 54, from Hull, who was on the beach with her husband, who survived, and Trudy Jones, 52, from Blackwood, in Wales.