A SKENFRITH nurse barricaded herself in a Tunisian hotel bathroom for five hours while a terrorist gunman fired shots outside.

Laura Webb was staying at the Hotel Riu Bellevue Park which is joined to the beach where the extremist named as Seifeddine Rezgui opened fire on tourists staying in Port El Kantaoui.

38 people lost their lives in the massacre last Friday (26th June) 30 of whom are expected to be confirmed to be British.

The 23-year-old nurse had been staying at the resort for five days before the attack and was on holiday with her friend.

The pair had been to the beach earlier that day and were at the poolside when they heard the shots being fired.

"I heard quite a few shots but they didn't alarm me as I wasn't sure what they were," she said, "it happened really quickly.

"Then I heard more shots and heard people scream and run up from the beach. A girl ran up saying there was a man on the beach shooting everyone.

"It was a bit surreal and it hadn't sunk in at the time what was going on."

Laura and her friend ran into the hotel with several other people they met at the resort and barricaded themselves in their hotel room bathroom.

"An older couple were comforting us telling us everything was going to be OK. The shots were getting louder and I thought 'this is it'. We had to keep quiet but I kept picturing him shooting down the door."

The group hid in the locked bathroom with both the lights and air conditioning switched off so as not to alert anyone of their presence.

"We were in the bathroom for around four-and-a-half to five hours. Then we had a phone call from Thomsons who then came to get us.

"They didn't know when we would get home at this stage because people were still unaccounted for but at 9.30pm six coaches came to pick us up to take us to the airport.

"When I got back to Manchester, my mam, brother and his girlfriend were waiting for me. My mam hugged me and I got a bit emotional. I hadn't eaten or showered for over 24 hours."

Laura praised staff who, when the gunman was firing, ran out onto the beach to help collect the children who were taking part in kids' club activities.

"I'm upset for Tunisia as tourism probably isn't going to be as big there anymore", Laura added, "It wasn't the Tunisian people's fault. An attack like this can happen anywhere."

Laura won't be returning to the country in the near future but would like to return one day.

Prime Minister David Cameron has requested a one minute silence this Friday (3rd July) one week on from the attack to remember those killed.

The massacre has been described as the worst attack on UK citizens since the 7/7 bombings in London ten years ago.