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09-06-2012, 12:34
http://abcnews.go.com/International/french-alps-shooting-leaves-dead-girls-survive/story?id=17170064#.UEjsBuyoG7x
French Alps Shooting Leaves 4 Dead, 2 Little Girls Survive
By INES NOVACIC
Sept. 6, 2012 — abcnews.go.com
Girl Stayed So Still, Police Thought She Was Dead After Four People Killed
She stayed so still, police thought she was dead.
For eight hours, a 4-year-old girl lay under the body of her mother, beside another unidentified female with a Swedish passport, in the back-seat of a BMW in a car park near the town of Chevaline in the French Alps, officials said.
In the front seat of the vehicle, her father was slumped over, shot dead. A few feet away from the vehicle, her older sister was shot in the head three times and badly beaten, but still alive.
"We usually see this kind of scene in a movie rather than real life," Annecy prosecutor Eric Maillaud said, adding that the reason for the "dramatic nature" of the killings was unknown, but that the killer did not shoot haphazardly, but "targeted his victims."
The Annecy Tribunal identified the owner and apparent driver of the car as Iraqi-born Saad al-Hilli, reportedly a resident of Claygate in the London-suburb of Surrey and the secretary of a Wiltshire-based aerial photography company, AMS 1087. The Surrey police are working with French authorities to assist the investigation of the incident that left four people dead and one in critical condition.
Al-Hilli's wife was named by neighbors in Claygate as Iqbal, and the couple's daughters as Zainab, 7, and Zeena, 4, the BBC reported.
While Zeena suffered no physical injuries, Zainab is in a medically induced coma and is due to be operated on again, according to the BBC. Both girls are under police protection in the hospital.
Police have no motive, suspects or weapon, although they believe the shooter used an automatic pistol, which are banned in France.
French Alps Shooting Leaves 4 Dead, 2 Little Girls Survive
By INES NOVACIC
Sept. 6, 2012 — abcnews.go.com
Girl Stayed So Still, Police Thought She Was Dead After Four People Killed
She stayed so still, police thought she was dead.
For eight hours, a 4-year-old girl lay under the body of her mother, beside another unidentified female with a Swedish passport, in the back-seat of a BMW in a car park near the town of Chevaline in the French Alps, officials said.
In the front seat of the vehicle, her father was slumped over, shot dead. A few feet away from the vehicle, her older sister was shot in the head three times and badly beaten, but still alive.
"We usually see this kind of scene in a movie rather than real life," Annecy prosecutor Eric Maillaud said, adding that the reason for the "dramatic nature" of the killings was unknown, but that the killer did not shoot haphazardly, but "targeted his victims."
The Annecy Tribunal identified the owner and apparent driver of the car as Iraqi-born Saad al-Hilli, reportedly a resident of Claygate in the London-suburb of Surrey and the secretary of a Wiltshire-based aerial photography company, AMS 1087. The Surrey police are working with French authorities to assist the investigation of the incident that left four people dead and one in critical condition.
Al-Hilli's wife was named by neighbors in Claygate as Iqbal, and the couple's daughters as Zainab, 7, and Zeena, 4, the BBC reported.
While Zeena suffered no physical injuries, Zainab is in a medically induced coma and is due to be operated on again, according to the BBC. Both girls are under police protection in the hospital.
Police have no motive, suspects or weapon, although they believe the shooter used an automatic pistol, which are banned in France.