Tunisia Shooting: Labour Candidate Blasted For Taking Selfie At Site Of Beach Massacre

A Labour Party member who stood as a parliamentary candidate in the General Election has been blasted for taking a selfie at the site of the Tunisia beach massacre.

Army reservist Amran Hussein, who failed in his bid to become the MP for the safe Conservative seat of North East Hampshire, posed in shades as he took the picture of himself using a selfie stick.

The 29-year-old took the picture just two days after gunman Seifeddine Rezgui killed 38 tourists at the beach in Sousse.

After a string of comments on social media attacking his actions while dead bodies were still being identified, Mr Hussain has defended taking the selfie, saying he “doesn’t see anything wrong with it”.

Mr Hussein, who was on holiday in Tunisia with pals, told Mail Online: “Selfies are not banned…

“We were not capturing a happy moment, we were very distressed after what happened and we went down to the beach for 30 minutes to show solidarity.

"We laid flowers and wrote a tribute and prayed to those who lost their lives in the horrific massacre.

"We would have asked someone else to take a picture of us, but we were in the moment and we wanted to take a picture with the tribute and flowers we had put down.”

On using a selfie stick to take the picture, Mr Hussein said the picture has been taken “completely out of context”.

He added: “It was all very upsetting and we just wanted to have a reminder of what happened.

"I just happened to be using a selfie stick as that is what I always use.”

Despite his comments, tweeters have labelled Mr Hussein “vile” and “disgusting” for posing for the picture so soon after the attacks.

Robin Son tweeted: “I know the family of someone who lost their life there. Think they want to see your stupid selfie?! You make me sick.”

James Evans added: “Nice work with the ‘selfie’ shows you really care… about yourself.”

Now back in the UK, the failed MP - who has previously been photographed alongside former Labour leader Ed Miliband - posted a tribute to the victims on his Facebook page.

He wrote: ‘We went out onto our hotel beach today and paid our respects to those who lost their lives.

"My thoughts shall remain for years with all those lives that were lost there, and also for the millions of struggling Tunisian families whose household income would be affected due to the negative effect on their tourism industry.

"This is what the terrorists wanted and we must not give in I shall of course return back to Tunisia.”