Crossfire viewers blast ‘insensitive’ BBC over shooting massacre scenes in Keeley Hawes drama

THOSE tuning into Crossfire have blasted the BBC over its "insensitive" shooting massacre scenes.

Keeley Hawes is back on the box with her latest drama, which tells the tale of a woman on a family holiday whose life gets turned upside down when gunmen suddenly open fire.

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A story of survival and resilience, Crossfire is an edge-of-your-seat nail-biting thriller yet also emotional, intimate and relatable.

The three-part series - which is purely fictional and not based a true story - was created and written by Louise Doughty.

Nonetheless, those watching at home were soon left changing the channel after a shooting massacre played out on screen.

Others likened the thriller to the 2015 Tunisia terror attack.

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Alongside an array of angry-faced emojis, one person penned: "Just watched Crossfire and can't help but feel it's a little insensitive to make a drama out of those who lost their lives during the Tunisia terror attack."

Echoing their comments, someone else said: "I'm beyond disgusted at the BBC. Crossfire is a bit too close to what happened in Tunisia."

While a third added: "I just had to turn off new drama Crossfire. It's way too traumatic for me."

In 2015, Imperial Marhaba hotel in the Mediterranean resort of Sousse was hosting 565 guests when Seifeddine Rezgui launched an attack on people on the beach.

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He used a Kalashnikov assault rifle he had concealed in a beach umbrella to fire at tourists.

The terror killer said he would not kill Tunisians or Muslims - so locals formed a human wall to protect tourists.

The terrorist then entered the hotel, gunning down tourists who crossed his path - in total 38 people were killed, 30 of them British.

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