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| The brother of an Iraqi-born Briton who was murdered along with three other people in the French Alps has denied that he was in dispute with the dead man over financial matters, investigators in France have said. | The brother of an Iraqi-born Briton who was murdered along with three other people in the French Alps has denied that he was in dispute with the dead man over financial matters, investigators in France have said. |
| French prosecutor Eric Maillaud said that police had been told earlier of a possible feud over money involving Saad al-Hilli, the victim, and his brother but that the sibling had gone to a police station in the UK to deny that this was the case. | French prosecutor Eric Maillaud said that police had been told earlier of a possible feud over money involving Saad al-Hilli, the victim, and his brother but that the sibling had gone to a police station in the UK to deny that this was the case. |
| He said that the brother, Zaid al-Hilli, first spoke to police in Britain on Thursday after learning of the massacre from media reports. | He said that the brother, Zaid al-Hilli, first spoke to police in Britain on Thursday after learning of the massacre from media reports. |
| "He turned up again this morning because he heard about the conflict, the dispute between himself and his brother and he said, 'no, I don't have a conflict with my brother'," Maillaud added. | "He turned up again this morning because he heard about the conflict, the dispute between himself and his brother and he said, 'no, I don't have a conflict with my brother'," Maillaud added. |
| Hilli, died from a bullet to the head along with his wife, his 77-year-old mother-in-law and a French cyclist, all gunned down on the edge of a secluded Alpine forest near Lake Annecy and the Swiss border. | Hilli, died from a bullet to the head along with his wife, his 77-year-old mother-in-law and a French cyclist, all gunned down on the edge of a secluded Alpine forest near Lake Annecy and the Swiss border. |
| The murder bears the hallmarks of a professional assassination, according to French investigators, who have sent four officers to Britain to find out more about victim Hilli's life. | The murder bears the hallmarks of a professional assassination, according to French investigators, who have sent four officers to Britain to find out more about victim Hilli's life. |
| The French team, which landed in London on Friday evening, will work with British investigators and plan to search Hilli's house in Claygate, south-west London. | The French team, which landed in London on Friday evening, will work with British investigators and plan to search Hilli's house in Claygate, south-west London. |
| Maillaud also revealed that Hilli's four-year-old daughter Zeena, who survived by hiding under her mother, had spoken to police about the attack, describing what the prosecutor said was the "fury" and "terror" of a massacre during which 25 bullets were fired at the victims. | Maillaud also revealed that Hilli's four-year-old daughter Zeena, who survived by hiding under her mother, had spoken to police about the attack, describing what the prosecutor said was the "fury" and "terror" of a massacre during which 25 bullets were fired at the victims. |
| "She explained that from the beginning of the murder she was already between her mother and that other woman and she rushed under her mother's legs, her mother's skirt," he added. | "She explained that from the beginning of the murder she was already between her mother and that other woman and she rushed under her mother's legs, her mother's skirt," he added. |
| The little girl and her seven-year-old sister Zainab, who remains in a medically induced coma after being shot and beaten, are apparently the only witnesses to the shootings and are now under police protection. | The little girl and her seven-year-old sister Zainab, who remains in a medically induced coma after being shot and beaten, are apparently the only witnesses to the shootings and are now under police protection. |
| Maillaud also said the family had visited France a number of times before and it was not the first time they had been to Le Solitaire du Lac campsite in Saint-Jorioz, which was where they were staying when they died. | Maillaud also said the family had visited France a number of times before and it was not the first time they had been to Le Solitaire du Lac campsite in Saint-Jorioz, which was where they were staying when they died. |
| Investigators, who say the murders bear the hallmarks of a professional assassination, had said earlier that one line of enquiry was based on suggestions that there had been a money dispute in the family. | Investigators, who say the murders bear the hallmarks of a professional assassination, had said earlier that one line of enquiry was based on suggestions that there had been a money dispute in the family. |
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