Hollande vows to find Alps murderers

on 06/09/2012 19:26:15

French President Francois Hollande has vowed to find the killers who brutally shot dead a British family in their car while they were on holiday in the Alps.

Speaking in London, President Hollande said authorities do not know the motives behind the killings - but that France stands in solidarity with the people of Britain.

A four-year-old girl survived the attack by hiding beneath her mother's corpse - and was not found until eight hours after police arrived at the crime scene.

Her older sister, who suffered serious head injuries, has been placed in an induced coma ahead of surgery.

The British ambassador to France, Sir Peter Ricketts, said that UK police may assist with the inquiry:

"I can't yet say exactly who will come all I can say is that any assistance or help that the French police require we will give".