A 39-year-old man has appeared in court charged with murder as well as the attempted murder of his wife and two other people following a series of firearm incidents in northwest Scotland.

Finlay MacDonald, from Skye, appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court on Friday and did not enter a plea.

MacDonald was committed for further examination and remanded in custody.

Officers were called to a property in the Tarskavaig area of Skye shortly before 9am on Wednesday, where a 32-year-old woman was found with serious injuries and taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow.

About half an hour later, gun shots were reported at another property about eight miles away in the Teangue area of the island, where 47-year-old John MacKinnon was pronounced dead by emergency services.

Another man, 63, was taken to hospital and was in a “critical” condition on Thursday.

The injuries of the 32-year-old woman, named locally as Rowena MacDonald, have been described as “serious”.

A 63-year-old woman was taken to Broadford Hospital in Skye and released after treatment.

Ian Blackford, MP for Ross, Skye and Lochaber, said the events have “shocked the place to the core”.