Tragic Solaine Thornton, 11, was killed in a shooting in Saint-Herbot, Brittany, on Saturday night, in which her parents were also shot and remain in hospital
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
Little Solaine Thornton, 11, was cruelly shot dead and her parents Adrian and Rachael Thornton were seriously injured when their neighbour, a local recluse called Dirk Raats, opened fire in Brittany, France
The mother of a British schoolgirl shot dead by a gunman in France has pulled through an operation to remove bullets from her back and neck that “just missed an artery”, the family has revealed.