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27 dead in Tunisian hotel attack
Gunmen have killed at least 27 people in an attack on two tourist hotels in a Tunisian town popular with British holidaymakers.Tourists fled from the beach in Sousse to take refuge in hotel rooms after guns were fired on the beach. One man said his son saw someone get shot as he raced back to the hotel from the sea. Photographs seen by Sky News show one man in his 60s or 70s lying in a pool of blood in his swimming shorts. The country's interior ministry says one gunman has been killed, while another is still on the loose. At least 27 people have been killed. Tourists are now gathered in hotel reception areas and hiding in rooms as the situation develops. British tourist Gary Pine said: "We thought fire crackers were going off but you could see quite quickly what was going on. There was a mass exodus off the beach. My son was in the sea at the time and myself and my wife were shouting at him to get out and as he ran up he said I’ve just saw someone get shot. Holidaymaker Susan Ricketts said: "It sounded like a machine gun going off. There are people crying and going hysterical. We just came up to our room." Another said: "People are running around the hotel. No-one has really been told what to do." Posted by: Steve White 2015-06-26 |
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