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| Tunisia hotel attack: Witnesses describe moment gunman opened fire on tourists at beach resort | Tunisia hotel attack: Witnesses describe moment gunman opened fire on tourists at beach resort |
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| Former British tour tennis player, Ellie Makin, 22, has described how she "saw a guy get shot in the stomach and then another in the head", during the shootings at a Tunisian beachside hotel earlier today. | Former British tour tennis player, Ellie Makin, 22, has described how she "saw a guy get shot in the stomach and then another in the head", during the shootings at a Tunisian beachside hotel earlier today. |
| Miss Makin said "there was blood everywhere" as she fled the gunman on the beach, who was walking around with an umbrella prior to the shooting. | Miss Makin said "there was blood everywhere" as she fled the gunman on the beach, who was walking around with an umbrella prior to the shooting. |
| "All of a sudden he dropped the umbrella and had a gun, and he started shooting everyone to the right of me. | "All of a sudden he dropped the umbrella and had a gun, and he started shooting everyone to the right of me. |
| "He was to the right of me. I got up and just happened to look right and I saw the gun and the umbrella being dropped and then he started firing to the right. | "He was to the right of me. I got up and just happened to look right and I saw the gun and the umbrella being dropped and then he started firing to the right. |
| "If he had fired to the left I don't know what would have happened. We're quite lucky." | "If he had fired to the left I don't know what would have happened. We're quite lucky." |
| 37 have been reported as killed so far in the attacks on two hotels in Sousse, by the Tunisian Health Minister speaking on local radio. Another 36 have been reported injured. | 37 have been reported as killed so far in the attacks on two hotels in Sousse, by the Tunisian Health Minister speaking on local radio. Another 36 have been reported injured. |
| She flew to Tunisia on Wednesday where she is staying in the Bellevue Park hotel. | She flew to Tunisia on Wednesday where she is staying in the Bellevue Park hotel. |
| She told ITV News: "There was screaming and people were running left, right and centre and scarpering. | She told ITV News: "There was screaming and people were running left, right and centre and scarpering. |
| "Then we ran into our hotel reception and we got told to move by hotel staff. | "Then we ran into our hotel reception and we got told to move by hotel staff. |
| "The gunman was medium height, with black hair, top and black khaki trousers or shorts. | "The gunman was medium height, with black hair, top and black khaki trousers or shorts. |
| "I saw a guy get shot in the stomach and then another in the head. There was blood everywhere. | "I saw a guy get shot in the stomach and then another in the head. There was blood everywhere. |
| "I was terrified, overwhelmed, shaken up and shocked. There are no words. | "I was terrified, overwhelmed, shaken up and shocked. There are no words. |
| "There have been people missing from our resort and others. It could have been a very different story if he had started shooting left instead of right." | "There have been people missing from our resort and others. It could have been a very different story if he had started shooting left instead of right." |
| Another tourist Olivia Leathley, 24, was with her boyfriend Mike Jones in her room at the hotel when she heard "loud bangs" from the beach. | Another tourist Olivia Leathley, 24, was with her boyfriend Mike Jones in her room at the hotel when she heard "loud bangs" from the beach. |
| They ran to the lobby of the hotel where they found a woman whose husband had been shot in the stomach in front of her. | They ran to the lobby of the hotel where they found a woman whose husband had been shot in the stomach in front of her. |
| Miss Leathley said: "All she said was that he'd been shot and that he was there bleeding on the beach and he was just saying, "I love you I love you", and then his eyes rolled back into his head. But at that point she was dragged away by people who were trying to keep her safe." | Miss Leathley said: "All she said was that he'd been shot and that he was there bleeding on the beach and he was just saying, "I love you I love you", and then his eyes rolled back into his head. But at that point she was dragged away by people who were trying to keep her safe." |
| Another man, unnamed, told BBC News that he had been hit by a bullet in the arm, appearing to speak from outside a hospital. | Another man, unnamed, told BBC News that he had been hit by a bullet in the arm, appearing to speak from outside a hospital. |
| "Someone firing a gun, and then I looked at my wife and she got up and ran, and as I turned a bullet just hit me in my arm, and I just ran to the sea," he said. | "Someone firing a gun, and then I looked at my wife and she got up and ran, and as I turned a bullet just hit me in my arm, and I just ran to the sea," he said. |
| Anyone affected or concerned about family and friends can contact the Foreign Office helpline on 020 7008 0000. | Anyone affected or concerned about family and friends can contact the Foreign Office helpline on 020 7008 0000. |
| Additional reporting PA | Additional reporting PA |
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