A young woman with a Maltese surname has been found safe and sound after fears for her safety in the wake of the Tunisia tourist massacre.

Chris Spiteri, 29, from Cardiff, had told the BBC that he was deeply worried about his 25-year-old cousin Lena Tanti, also from Cardiff, who is currently in Tunisia.

"She's on holiday with her friend and I've tried calling her but her phone is dead," he said. "I've Whatsapped her but I haven't heard back.

Lena Tanti

"I don't know what hotel or anything she's staying in but I'm really worried and I just want to know she's ok," he said.

However, he later managed to speak to her and found out that she was at a different resort some two hours away.

Meanwhile, stories of heroism have emerged as authorities piece together what happened yesterday in the shooting on sunbathers, which saw 38 tourists killed, mostly Britons. 

The BBC said a Welsh tourist was shot three times as he used his body as a human shield to protect his fiancee.

Saera Wilson said gas engineer Matthew James, 30, from Trehafod, near Pontypridd, was trying to protect her when the gunmen opened fire.

Ms Wilson, 26, said Mr James was hit in the shoulder, chest and hip.
 
Speaking from the hospital where Mr James, known as Sas, is being treated, Ms Wilson said: "He took a bullet for me. I owe him my life because he threw himself in front of me when the shooting started.

"He was covered in blood from the shots, but he just told me to run away.
'Daddy loves them'

"He told me: 'I love you babe. But just go - tell our children that their daddy loves them'.

"It was the bravest thing I've ever known. But I just had to leave him under the sunbed because the shooting just kept on coming.

"I ran back, past bodies on the beach to reach our hotel. It was chaos - there was a body in the hotel pool and it was just full of blood.

"You just can't explain how terrible it was. It was chaos with screaming and gunshots. I'm just so glad Matthew is alive because so many other people are dead."