Turisthotell i Tunisien under attack 2015-06-26

Ett hotell i Tunisien under attack


Ett turisthotell på turistorten Sousse i Tunisien är under attack, uppger Info Du Jour.


Enligt lokala medier pågår skottlossning.

Brittiska turisten David Schofield berättar för tidningen att han var vid poolen när han hörde en stor explosion.

– Vi hörde folk säga att det var pistoler vid stranden. Folk sa att det avlossades skott vid stranden, säger han.

Sedan fortsätter han:

– Folk springer runt på hotellet. Ingen vet vad vi ska göra, säger han.

An attack has been reported on a tourist hotel in the Tunisian town of Sousse, which is popular with British holidaymakers.


Tour operator Thomson is one of the UK-based travel firms which offers holidays at hotels in the town, but it is unclear which hotel has been targeted.

Photographs have been seen by Sky News showing a man in his 60s or 70s lying in a pool of blood in his swimming shorts.

British tourist David Schofield told Sky News that he was by the pool when he heard "quite a large explosion" and guests started to run back towards the hotel.

Another 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.

"They're saying it's going on in the hotel next to us. It's just a stretch of hotels along here. There's nothing else."

Meanwhile deadly explosions have hit a Shiite mosque in Kuwait's capital after Friday prayers.

13:57 Researrangören Ving säger att det finns svenska resenärer i Sousse just nu. Det finns i nuläget inte några uppgifter om att svenskar skulle vara skadade.
– Vi undersöker vad som har hänt just nu, säger Vings presschef Magdalena Örn.

A suicide bomber has attacked a resort on the Mediterranean coast, which is popular with tourists, with reports on social media suggesting there had been gun shots fired on the beach.

One gunman is believed to have been killed and mutiple causalties are being reported.

According to unconfirmed reports, as many as 13 people have died after a gun battle between security forces and armed attackers.

Det drabbade hotellet heter Imperial Marhaba och cirka 150 meter från ett Vinghotell som heter Marhaba Beach.


Ving har fyra svenskar vid resmålet Port el Kantaoui. Bolaget har inte fått kontakt med svenskarna.
– Vi försöker få kontakt med dem, säger Magdalena Öhrn, informationschef på Ving.

Minst en beväpnad gärningsman är dödad, uppger Lebanese Press.