Tunisia holidaymaker: 'All we could think is, we鈥檙e next'
Holidaymaker Debbie Horsfall, from Huddersfield, was on the beach in the hotel next door. Her friend 鈥渟aw a guy with a massive gun鈥 and 鈥渆verybody just ran鈥.
At least 27 people, mostly foreigners, have been killed in an attack on a beach near two tourist hotels in the Tunisian resort town of Sousse, according to the Tunisian interior ministry.
Officials say one gunman has been shot dead and another is being pursued.
Holidaymaker Debbie Horsfall, from Huddersfield, was on the beach in the hotel next door. Her friend 鈥渟aw a guy with a massive gun鈥 and 鈥渆verybody just ran鈥.
鈥淗e was next door firing. All we could think is, we鈥檙e next,鈥 she said.
Ms Horsfall said she saw a woman in the lobby whose husband 鈥渉ad been shot in the stomach鈥.
鈥淪he didn鈥檛 know where he was鈥he didn鈥檛 know where her children were,鈥 she said. 鈥淪he was breaking down. No one could do anything. She wanted to go to the hotel next door but they wouldn鈥檛 let her go鈥.
Ms Horsfall said her bags were now packed and she was waiting for flights to be put on.
Thomson said it was working closely with its teams in Tunisia to to determine exactly what happened and provide assistance to those affected.
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