Tunisians carry a banner saying, ‘We are sorry’ (Picture AFP)

Local Tunisians risked their lives to save tourists targeted by the gunman Seifeddine Rezgui last week – with hotel workers forming a ‘human shield’ to prevent him going inside.

Others ran to help wounded beachgoers while the gunman was still stalking the beach, looking for more victims.

He fired his Kalashnikov into the air and yelled, ‘Run! Get away! I’m not here to kill you!’ ” said lifeguard Ibrahim Ghrib, 23.

Staff at the Bellevue hotel lined up to prevent the gunman going into the hotel after he opened fire on the beach.


John Yeoman, 46, told the Mirror, ‘It’s amazing what they did. The staff were in a line and they were shouting at him, saying ‘we won’t let you through.’



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Salafists lay flowers and cards at the scene of the massacre (Picture Getty)

‘They shouted: ‘You’ll have to go through us’. That’s why he’s got his back turned to them.

‘He tried to get to my hotel and they stood in a line.’

The 46 year-old transport worker from Kettering described how the staff at the Bellevue hotel lined up to prevent killer gunman Seifeddine Rezgui from going into the hotel after he opened fire.