Police probing the murder of a British-Iraqi family in the French Alps last year are looking into telephone calls to Romania made from the phone of the brother of one of the victims, the prosecutor in charge of the investigation said.

A relative of the British-Iraqi family shot dead in the Alps last month has criticised the French police’s murder investigation.

An RAF cyclist said that he came across the horrific French Alps killings to find a little girl "stumbling" around, bleeding and "moaning", it has emerged today.

The families of three Britons killed in a shooting spree in the French Alps said they were “heartbroken” by their deaths but “touched by the expressions of sympathy from people all over the world”.

A walker who came upon the aftermath of a massacre in the French Alps has likened the carnage to a horrific film scene.

A bomb disposal squad spent more than two hours at the Surrey home of the French Alps shooting spree victims today after police raised concerns about items found at the property.

Police investigating the French Alps shooting spree today evacuated an area around the victims’ home in Surrey due to “concerns” about items found at the address.

A girl of four who survived the French Alps shooting spree has returned to the UK, while her seriously injured older sister has come out of a coma following the attack that left their parents dead.

The four-year-old girl who survived the execution-style killing of her family in the French Alps returned to Britain last night, as police again quizzed relatives and scoured the family home.

A young girl who was in a coma after her parents were gunned down in the French Alps today recovered consciousness, while her four-year-old sister returned to the UK with relatives.

A four-year-old girl who witnessed her parents gunned down in the French Alps has returned to the UK, while her older sister is no longer in a coma, investigators said today.

British police today resumed their search at the home of the family gunned down in the French Alps.

Four people gunned down in the French Alps had each been shot twice in the head, prosecutors have revealed today.

Relatives have travelled to France to meet two British girls, who survived a shooting while on holiday in the French Alps.

French police officers are arriving in Britain today to find out more about the victims of the multiple shooting in the Alps.

Police investigating the murder of four people in the French Alps have sent four officers to Britain to find out more about victim Saad al Hilli’s life.

Police investigating the murder of four people who were gunned down in the French Alps have sent four officers to Britain to find out more about victim Saad al-Hilli’s life.

Four-year-old Zeena al-Hilli has spoken to French police about the attack which killed her mother and father, prosecutor Eric Maillaud said today.

Investigators are hoping the seven-year-old British girl who survived the shooting of three members of her family will provide the key to solving the killings.

Post mortems are due to be carried out today on the three members of a British-Iraqi family - and another man - who were shot dead in the French Alps yesterday.

Nearly 24 hours later, there is still no idea why three members of a British family were gunned down in an act of “savagery” in the French Alps.

French police have been criticised after it emerged four-year-old Zainab al Hilli remained undiscovered under her mother’s body until midnight — eight hours after the shooting.

Three of the four people shot dead when a gunman opened fire on a British family in the French Alps were hit in the middle of the head, it was revealed today

A seven-year-old British girl was violently beaten and is now fighting for her life after series of killings in the Alps, French authorities have said.

A four-year-old British girl has been found alive underneath the bodies of her family hours after a gunman opened fire on their car in the French Alps.

A four-year-old girl was found alive inside a car containing three victims of a fatal shooting spree in the French Alps that is thought to have involved a British family.