A walker has described his horror on arrival at the remote spot where a British man was murdered alongside his wife and mother-in-law in a shooting spree in the French Alps.

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

Four people shot dead in the French Alps were killed with the same gun, police say, fuelling speculation they were targeted by a contract killer.

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.