Terrified children see mother and daughter gunned to death

TERRIFIED children watched as a mother and her six-year-old daughter were shot dead by a man in a quiet village cul-de-sac.

The bodies of the pair, who have been named locally as Kaeren Atkins, who was in her late 30s, and her daughter Victoria, were found by police in a cul-de-sac in Horton, near Ilminster, Somerset, at 6.15pm on Tuesday.

They are believed to have been shot dead by a man in his late 50s as they tried to get into a car. The man’s body was found near the scene.