Alps shooting: Second girl found alive under mother's body after eight hours

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1. France shootings: Girl hid under bodies in car

French police say they are shocked and baffled by the brutality of the shooting, in the middle of the afternoon, in a popular tourist region, says the BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Annecy.

The girl found away from the car, thought to be seven or eight years old, was shot three times and seriously injured, the younger daughter, only four, hid beneath her mother, and was not even found until midnight, our correspondent says.

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A major murder investigation is now under way, with French forensic teams and ballistics experts at the scene. The area has been sealed off.

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Theories for the motive behind the brutal attack include an armed robbery gone wrong, a drug deal interrupted, even a family row, our correspondent says.

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