A couple from Braintree are recovering in hospital after they were badly wounded in the Tunisian terror attack on Friday.

Kirsty Murray, 25, and fiance Radley Ruszkiewicz, 29, were both injured during a gunman’s rampage in the resort of Sousse, which killed 38 holidaymakers.

At least 30 British citizens are known to have died.

The couple, who have been together for seven years, were staying at the luxury Riu Imperial Marhaba hotel when 23-year-old Seifeddine Rezgui opened fire on the beach.

Miss Murray's father, Neil Murray, told the Daily Mail the pair had been swimming in the hotel's pool when the shooting started.

He said: "They both ran down the same corridor and then a grenade went off in a really confined space.

"Radley got most of the blast in his legs, and she only got a bit of it so she kept running. And further down she ended up at a dead-end and that’s when he shot her in the legs, at close range. And then he went along shooting other people in the head and legs.

"He was shooting women in the legs and men in the head – and he stepped back over her a couple of times but she played dead.

"She believes there were at least two gunmen because she was shot at close range with a handgun.

"Both her and her fiancé have said there was more than one gunman. One person is not capable of doing that much damage anyhow."

On Saturday, Kirsty's distraught mum Cat Davies, also of Braintree, said she was still "coming to terms" with her daughter's injuries and asked people to pray.

It is understood the RAF have held talks about flying the nurse back to the UK.

The pair are recovering at the Cliniques Les Oliviers in Sousse.