BRITISH tourists caught in the horror of the Tunisian terror attack have spoken of their lucky escapes at the hands of the maniac gunman.

Tennis coach Ellie Makin who had been on holiday in Tunisia since Wednesday, said she saw the Islamic State (ISIS) fighter attack, leaving 37 dead, including Brits.

The 22-year-old said she was at the scene when he struck.

She said: "I was on the beach in front of our resort when I saw a guy walking around with an umbrella.

"All of a sudden he dropped the umbrella and had a gun, and he started shooting everyone to the right of me.

"He was to the right of me. I got up and just happened to look right and I saw the gun and the umbrella being dropped and then he started firing to the right.

"If he had fired to the left I don't know what would have happened. We're quite lucky."

She said she ran into our hotel reception for cover.

She added: "The gunman was medium height, with black hair, top and black khaki trousers or shorts.

"I saw a guy get shot in the stomach and then another in the head. There was blood everywhere.

"I was terrified, overwhelmed, shaken up and shocked. There are no words."

She spoke of the tragedy and said "it was the bravest thing I've ever known".

Olivia Leathley, 24, was with her boyfriend Mike Jones.

She said they grabbed each others hands when the shooting started and ran for their lives.

They survived by barricading themselves in a nearby office.

In a phone call to her brother Andrew, she said: "I ran faster than I ever have in my life. There are gunmen everywhere.

"I was running through the hotel lobby when I came face to face with a man with a machine gun.

"The world seemed to stop for a minute before I quickly ran the other way and ran for my life."

Debbie Horsfall, 22, hid in a room with 10 other people for more than an hour as they waited for the shooting to stop at the resort town of Sousse.

The receptionist from Huddersfield who arrived on Wednesday, said she and her friend are looking to leave the country as soon as possible.

She said: "We were just lying on the beach when we heard gunfire.

"I didn't see it myself, my friend just shouted "run, gun!