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Peter Allen & Ryan Fahey

First picture of suspect accused of gunning down Brit girl, 11, at family BBQ

This is the elderly gunman suspected of shooting dead a British schoolgirl during a family barbecue in northern France yesterday.

Dirk Raats, 71, 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.

Their younger daughter, eight-year-old Celeste, escaped unharmed and fled, raising the alarm and calling armed officers to the home in the Brittany hamlet of Saint-Herbot, which is across the Channel from Plymouth.

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