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Alex Batty, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, vanished years ago, aged just 11, before he turned up in France and was found by a lorry driver, who he told his mum had 'kidnapped' him

Dirk Raats, 71, allegedly used both a rifle and revolver as his aim fell on Solaine Thornton, 11, and her parents Adrian and Rachael Thornton, 52 and 49, who were seriously injured in the attack

Ettie Turner, three, was one of four children stabbed in Annecy, France, on Thursday. Local prosecutor Line Bonnet-Mathis said the girl is set to be discharged in days from a hospital in Grenoble