NC/FIRST CHOICE Holidaymakers thought there was a terrorist style attack

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Hotel staff charged into a restaurant at the First Choice Holiday Village Alithon in Cyprus wearing dark clothes and brandishing toy firearms. The prank came mere two days after the Istanbul airport terror attack where 45 people were killed and just four days after the first anniversary of the Tunisian beach attack which left left 38 people dead – including 30 Britons.

Furious holidayer Bernard Heald, from Bolton, was present at the time of the prank. The 66-year-old posted online: “Not happy, men bursting into dining room firing guns and frightening people. It was in real bad taste after the events at Ataturk airport and shootings at other resorts. “Been coming here as a family for the past four years but will be seriously considering going elsewhere in future. Totally disgusted, could have given someone a heart attack.”

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Mother Michelle Hendy is meant to be staying at the resort with her son, but is considering changing hotels. She told the Sun: “My son is 12 and is well aware of the news and bombings. “It’s taken us years to get him to fly as he’s so scared. Recent events have made this worse.

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“Hearing this now going on as a ‘joke’ in this hotel has made my blood boil. “If it wasn’t for the fact we fly so soon I’d have changed hotel.”

Victims of Tunisia terrorist attack Sun, June 26, 2016 Victims of the terrorist attack at the popular holiday resort of Sousse in Tunisia where a lone gunman opened fire killing 38 people, many of them British Play slideshow 1 of 25

Last summer a group of men appeared by the pool at the five-star Grand Yazici Mares hotel in Icmeler, Turkey, dressed in Middle Eastern attire and holding fake guns just six weeks after the Tunisian attack. The Club Hotel Pineta in Marmaris, Turkey, also staged a similar attack.

The website for the resort in Cyprus, Holiday Village Aliathon, brag on their site: “Our First Choice team have put together a cast of highly trained entertainers, offering an exciting and diverse range of shows, fun and activities.” Travel firm First Choice apologised for the stunt and said the blunder would not happen again.

FIRST CHOICE The Holiday Village Aliathon resort in Cyprus