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11/09/2012
Single Gun Used In French Alps Murders
In the ongoing investigation into the killing of four members of a British family while on holiday in the French Alps, and a local cyclist, French police have said just one gun was used.
Officials told reporters in Annecy that ballistics tests found 25 spent cartridges left at the scene, which came from a 7.65mm calibre semi-automatic pistol.
Bomb disposal experts were called to Saad al-Hilli's Surrey home to examine items, but say they were not hazardous.
French police have spoken briefly to his eldest daughter, Zainab.
But officers are still waiting to question the seven-year-old, who was shot in the shoulder and hit around the head. She was brought out of a coma on Sunday.
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Officials told reporters in Annecy that ballistics tests found 25 spent cartridges left at the scene, which came from a 7.65mm calibre semi-automatic pistol.
Bomb disposal experts were called to Saad al-Hilli's Surrey home to examine items, but say they were not hazardous.
French police have spoken briefly to his eldest daughter, Zainab.
But officers are still waiting to question the seven-year-old, who was shot in the shoulder and hit around the head. She was brought out of a coma on Sunday.
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25 September 2012
Police End Search Of Surrey Home Of Family Killed In French Alps
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18 February 2014
French Police Arrest Man Over Alps Murder Of British Family
A man has been arrested by French police in connection with the murder of a British family in the Alps in 2012. The 48-year-old man from the Haute-Savoie region is being held in formal custody, French police have said. It is understood that the man was arrested following the publication of an identikit image released in November.
French Police Arrest Man Over Alps Murder Of British Family
A man has been arrested by French police in connection with the murder of a British family in the Alps in 2012. The 48-year-old man from the Haute-Savoie region is being held in formal custody, French police have said. It is understood that the man was arrested following the publication of an identikit image released in November.
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Bomb Squad Investigate House Of French Alps Shootings
The Surrey home of the family shot and killed in the French Alps last week has been examined by Army bomb disposal experts. In an operation that saw neighbours being evacuated. It is understood that items in a garden shed were examined but police have since said that they were not "hazardous".
Bomb Squad Investigate House Of French Alps Shootings
The Surrey home of the family shot and killed in the French Alps last week has been examined by Army bomb disposal experts. In an operation that saw neighbours being evacuated. It is understood that items in a garden shed were examined but police have since said that they were not "hazardous".
15 January 2014
'Insufficient Evidence' To Charge French Alps Murder Accused
Surrey Police have announced that they do not have enough evidence to charge the man being held in connection with murder of Saad al-Hilli, his wife, his mother-in-law and a cyclist in the French Alps in September 2012. The man being held is the brother of victim Saad al-Hilli.
'Insufficient Evidence' To Charge French Alps Murder Accused
Surrey Police have announced that they do not have enough evidence to charge the man being held in connection with murder of Saad al-Hilli, his wife, his mother-in-law and a cyclist in the French Alps in September 2012. The man being held is the brother of victim Saad al-Hilli.
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