Tunisia attack: British witnesses describe 'killer' and group behaving strangely on beach before shootings

He said they were taking photographs of each other squatting down next to children without permission and pictures of various people on sun loungers

Images obtained by Sky News show the immediate aftermath of the shooting at a beach in Sousse, Tunisia (Sky News)

A British tourist has described seeing a group of people behaving in a “weird” way shortly before the Tunisian beach massacre.

Lee Inwood and wife Angela were holidaying at the RIU Bellevue, one of the hotels attacked, when she came face to face with gunman Seifeddine Rezgui.

The couple, now back homes in Ashill, Norfolk, have spoken of their encounter.

Mr Inwood said when images of the killer appeared in the media straight after the attack his wife had instantly recognised him from a group of people on the beach.

She had tripped over a child’s spade near the group and noticed Rezgui because she could “remember thinking how ugly he was”, Mr Inwood said.

“He just stood out”, he added.

He said his wife was now traumatised by the realisation: “She’s a mess, an absolute mess.”

The group, thought to be locals, were in their late to mid-twenties, according to Mr Inwood, and had been “just hanging around outside the hotel”.

He said they were taking photographs of each other squatting down next to children without permission and pictures of various people on sun loungers.

At the time, the couple had thought this was unusual as there is an “unwritten rule” that local people stick to a separate area of the beach.

The 43-year-old said: "Straight away when they were there, I thought, 'oh, that's strange’”

And when they began taking photos he thought: "This is really strange. This is weird. It doesn't feel right at all."

Mr Inwood said he had told a hotel staff member about the group at the time but they did not seem alarmed by it.

Investigators have confirmed they are searching for one or more accomplices to the attack and the Interior Ministry said it was “sure” the attacker had help.

"It didn't feel like a lone person attack at all," Mr Inwood said.

Images obtained by Sky News show the immediate aftermath of the shooting at a beach in Sousse, Tunisia (Sky News)