Police hunting missing tourist say attacker had gun

Police hunting for a missing British tourist revealed today that the man suspected of abducting and possibly murdering him was carrying a revolver.

The announcement comes nearly three weeks after Mr Falconio, from Hepworth, near Huddersfield, and his girlfriend Joanne Lees, 27, of Almondbury, both West Yorkshire, were attacked by a mystery gunman on a remote highway in central Australia.