A Huddersfield holidaymaker was caught up in a bloody shooting in Tunisia.

Debbie Horsfall was on a beach as gunmen mowed down 27 people.

Now she has said: “We just want to go home”.

She and other British tourists have been describing the attack on a beach in the popular resort town of Sousse.

At least 27 people have been killed, and the UK Foreign Office says it is “urgently investigating” whether any are British.

At least one gunman has been shot dead and another is being pursued, officials say.

British tourists are feared dead in the gun attack.

The gunmen exchanged fire with security services on the busy beach in the town of Sousse, a popular destination for holidaymakers from the UK and Ireland.

One of the attackers was killed, another fled with the gunfire continuing.

Interior Ministry spokesman Mohammed Ali Aroui said: “A terrorist infiltrated the buildings from the back before opening fire on the residents of the hotel, including foreigners and Tunisians.”

Local radio reported that most of those caught up in the slaughter were British or German. Those killed are most likely to be foreign as the local Muslim population is less likely to go to the beach during the holy month of Ramadan.

Debbie was on the beach with her friend when the shooting began.

“My friend stood up and saw a man with the gun firing.

“We got up and ran, but we didn’t know where to go.

“We have only been here two days - we came on Wednesday. We went to back to our room but we didn’t feel safe.

“We just want to go home - we packed right away. We booked our holiday with Thomson. They said there are no flights at the moment until the airport is safe.

“At the moment the hotel and beach are on lockdown.”

Gary Pine, from Bristol, said he heard “bullets whizzing around us” and shots fired at the Port El Kantaoui resort.

Mr Pine, who is on holiday with his wife and son at the El Mouradi Palm Marina hotel, said he had been on the beach with his family about noon when he heard a sound he initially thought was firecrackers.

“You could see within seconds of the noise breaking out that people started to exit the beach very, very quickly.

“It seemed to be happening 150 yards to our left. The people in the direct vicinity of the incident were breaking in all kinds of different directions.

“There was confusion. No-one knew what seemed to be breaking out. My wife was shouting to my son to get out the sea, and as he ran up the beach he said ‘I just saw someone get shot’.”

He also said that he heard an explosion on an adjacent hotel complex.

Debbie Horsfall