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| Tourists enjoying themselves at Tunisia coast before attack |
More than 27 people have been killed after gunmen attacked two hotels on the Tunisian coast, the
country's Interior Ministry has confirmed.
Tunisia's Interior Ministry spokesman Mohammed Ali Aroui described the victims as mostly tourists but did not give any nationalities. Local radio has said those killed were mostly German and British,
A tourist hotel in the Tunisian town of Sousse has been attacked, a security source said, adding an exchange of gunfire was reported at the scene.
The resort has been named widely as the El Mouradi Palm Marina though it's possible there are two hotels involved. The extent of the attack is not yet clear.
A holidaymaker said, "I was on the balcony with my sister watching what's going on. We were right by the beach. We heard gunfire but we didn't know what it was.
"Everybody started screaming and running in. My sister was talking to someone who said they had seen somebody shoot someone on a sunbed.
"People were crying and going hysterical. it sounded like a machine gun going off and then there was an explosion.
Tunisia's Interior Ministry spokesman Mohammed Ali Aroui described the victims as mostly tourists but did not give any nationalities. Local radio has said those killed were mostly German and British,
A tourist hotel in the Tunisian town of Sousse has been attacked, a security source said, adding an exchange of gunfire was reported at the scene.
The resort has been named widely as the El Mouradi Palm Marina though it's possible there are two hotels involved. The extent of the attack is not yet clear.
A holidaymaker said, "I was on the balcony with my sister watching what's going on. We were right by the beach. We heard gunfire but we didn't know what it was.
"Everybody started screaming and running in. My sister was talking to someone who said they had seen somebody shoot someone on a sunbed.
"People were crying and going hysterical. it sounded like a machine gun going off and then there was an explosion.
They are saying it's
going on in the hotel next to us. We have heard people are chasing some men.
We've blocked ourselves in our hotel room with a mattress behind door. We are
very scared."
Tunisia has been on high alert since March when Islamist militant gunmen attacked the Bardo museum in Tunis, killing a group of foreign tourists in one of the worst attacks in a decade in the North African country.
Tunisia has been on high alert since March when Islamist militant gunmen attacked the Bardo museum in Tunis, killing a group of foreign tourists in one of the worst attacks in a decade in the North African country.