A HAMPSHIRE who witnessed the terror attack in Tunisia has spoken of the panic as the drama unfolded.

Melanie Callaway was on the beach in Sousse when gunman Seifeddine Rezgui began targeting tourists with his assault rifle.

Melanie, from Hedge End, said she saw sand exploding into the air as bullets were sprayed around the beach.

Along with her friend, she ran back to their hotel and barricaded themselves in their room for five hours.

The pair arrived back in the UK yesterday, having been lucky enough to get one of the very first flights out of the country in the aftemath of the attack.

She said: "I heard what sounded like fireworks going off. I didn't really think much of it to start with until they got louder and then realised it was a machine gun sound.

"People were just shouting run for your lives, just run.

"We got up off our sunbeds, left everything there and just ran."