Prayers and get well messages have been sent to holidaymaker John Metcalf who was shot in the Tunisian terror atrocity.

The 43-year-old is in intensive care after he was blasted in the stomach as he and his girlfriend fled from a gunman who killed 38 people on a beach in Sousse.

Wycombe MP Steve Baker tweeted his support to the Hazlemere resident while the Council for Christian Muslim Relations said its prayers are with Mr Metcalf and the other victims of the terror attacks in Tunisia, France and Kuwait on Friday. 

It said in a statement: “We are deeply shocked by the tragic events which took place in France, Kuwait and Sousse on Friday, with the loss of so many innocent lives.

“We offer our heartfelt condolences to the families and loved ones of those who have lost their lives. We send our prayers and best wishes to John Metcalf from Hazlemere, who was injured in the attack.”

The multi-faith group condemned the “twisted” actions of extremist groups.

CCMR said: “Our communities stand firmly united in the fight against all forms of terrorism and the senseless acts of violence committed by ISIS, al Quaeda, Boko Haram and al Shabaab.

“Unfortunately, although these groups are tiny in number, they claim to carry out these atrocities in the name of Islam. They do not.

“ISIS and its affiliates, with its warped and twisted ideology, represents a total betrayal of the true spirit of Islam, and is in denial of the actual teachings of its noble Prophet.

“CCMR unanimously agrees that what ISIS, Al Qaida, Boko Haram, Al Shabaab do is ‘not in our name’.”

Mr Metcalf, who works at the Co-Operative store in Park Parade, is conscious and it is hoped he will return to the UK this week.

Simon Metcalf told the BFP that his brother and his partner, Jo Coles, were sitting around the pool at the Riu Imperial Marhaba Tunisia resort when they heard “loud bangs” which they thought were firecrackers.

He added: “They realised that it was actually a gunman on the beach who was randomly shooting people.

“At that point they all ran to the hotel building and at that point John and Jo, his girlfriend, got separated in the surge towards the hotel somehow he got left behind her, but obviously he got shot.”

It is estimated that the British death toll could rise to as high as 30.

Home Secretary Theresa May visited the scene of the massacre this morning. She laid flowers and observed a minute’s silence.