A serious family event has shaken the town of Gy, in eastern France, where four people have been found dead in a camping area.
The victims are two children aged 6 and 9, their 42-year-old father Jean-Paul Monnot and his mother-in-law, who was also the children's grandmother.
According to preliminary investigations and local media reports, it is suspected that the perpetrator of the incident was the children's father.
According to the French newspaper "L'Est Républicain", the 42-year-old is suspected of using a firearm to kill family members and then turning the gun on himself.
It is also reported that he filmed the incident and sent the video to his wife, with whom he was in the process of separating. According to the same sources, in the message he sent, he had written a threatening phrase towards her.
The bodies were found on the evening of September 2 at a campsite where the family had parked their vehicles. One of the victims was found in a van, while the other three were found in a campsite.
French authorities have launched an investigation to fully uncover the circumstances of this tragedy. The couple was in the process of divorcing and, according to sources cited by French media, were building a house before the separation./ Fr.news