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Police have begun their search of the family home of a couple shot dead with two other victims on a secluded French hillside. Police have begun their search of the home of a couple shot dead with two other victims on a secluded French hillside.
A team of four French officers has travelled to Britain to work with British detectives at the house of Saad al-Hilli in Claygate, Surrey. A team of four French officers has travelled to Britain to work with UK detectives at the house of Saad al-Hilli in Claygate, Surrey.
Iraqi-born Hilli, 50, was gunned down in his car alongside his wife, Iqbal, in the French village of Chevaline on Wednesday. The couple and a 77-year-old Swedish woman and a cyclist were killed in cold blood with a bullet to each of their heads. Iraqi-born Hilli, 50, was shot in his car along with his wife, Iqbal, in the French village of Chevaline on Wednesday. The couple and a 77-year-old Swedish woman and a French cyclist were killed by a bullet to each of their heads.
The couple's four-year-old daughter Zeena lay undiscovered under her mother's corpse for eight hours after the murders. Her sister, Zainab, aged eight, who was shot in the shoulder and suffered severe head injuries after being beaten, remains in a medically induced coma in hospital in Grenoble. Doctors report her condition as stable and improving. The couple's four-year-old daughter Zeena lay undiscovered under her mother's body for eight hours after the murders. Her sister, Zainab, eight, who was shot in the shoulder and suffered severe head injuries after being beaten, remains in a medically induced coma in hospital in Grenoble. Doctors report her condition as stable and improving.
Two relatives of the Hilli family have travelled to France, alongside a British social worker, and will visit the girls who are under police supervision, according to reports. Two relatives of the Hilli family and a British social worker have travelled to France and will visit the girls, who are under police supervision, according to reports.
However it was unclear when they would be able to see the elder girl, Zainab, as she continues to be treated in hospital. However it was unclear when they would be able to see Zainab as she continues to be treated in hospital.
French investigators are expected to reveal the results of postmortems on the bodies of the girls' parents and the Swedish woman in the car, as well as that of the cyclist. French investigators are expected to reveal the results of postmortem examinations of the four killed.
Officers from Surrey Police erected a tent at the front of the Hillis' house on Saturday as they prepared to conduct a search of the property with the French police team, led by officer Marc de Tarle. Officers from Surrey police erected a tent at the front of the Hillis' house on Saturday as they prepared to search the property with the French police team, led by Marc de Tarle.
French prosecutor Eric Maillaud said investigators were told of a possible feud between Hilli and his brother over money, but the sibling had gone to a police station to deny the row. The French prosecutor Eric Maillaud said investigators were told of a possible feud between Hilli and his brother over money, but the sibling had gone to a police station to deny the row.
Maillaud said he had not heard about any possible inheritance issue and that Zaid remains "a free man". Maillaud said he had not heard about any possible inheritance issue and that Zaid remained "a free man".
Zeena has spoken to police and confirmed that two of the victims were her parents, but said she did not know the Swedish woman very well, although she has been identified as her grandmother in some reports.Zeena has spoken to police and confirmed that two of the victims were her parents, but said she did not know the Swedish woman very well, although she has been identified as her grandmother in some reports.
The other man killed was Sylvain Mollier, 45, a French cyclist who lives in the area, who appears to have been passing the scene when he caught up in the attack. The other man killed was Sylvain Mollier, 45, a French cyclist from the area, who appears to have been passing the scene when he got caught up in the attack.
Maillaud said the girl remained under the care of psychiatric teams and had spoken about what he described as the "terror" of what happened, but did not see anything because she was hiding. Maillaud said Zeena remained under the care of psychiatric teams and had spoken about what he described as the "terror" of what happened, but did not see anything because she was hiding.
"The witness statement of the four-year-old girl, she just talked about a fury, a terror. 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," Maillaud said."The witness statement of the four-year-old girl, she just talked about a fury, a terror. 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," Maillaud said.
"I imagine she'll go back to Britain in a short timescale. We have to be able to identify members of her family, we have to make sure that they are people that can be trusted. You can imagine that we cannot entrust that little girl to the first person that turns up.""I imagine she'll go back to Britain in a short timescale. We have to be able to identify members of her family, we have to make sure that they are people that can be trusted. You can imagine that we cannot entrust that little girl to the first person that turns up."
Her sister is not yet well enough to be interviewed but it is hoped she will be able to provide vital details of the attackers. Her sister was not yet well enough to be interviewed but it was hoped she could provide vital details of the attacker or attackers.
Witnesses have said they saw a green four-wheel-drive vehicle in the area at the time of the killings, and possibly a motorbike.Witnesses have said they saw a green four-wheel-drive vehicle in the area at the time of the killings, and possibly a motorbike.
Surrey police said it was assisting the French authorities as they carry out a "complex" investigation. The Surrey police force said it was assisting the French authorities as they carried out a "complex" investigation.
"As part of this, the force is facilitating a visit by French investigators to conduct inquiries in the UK," a spokesman said."As part of this, the force is facilitating a visit by French investigators to conduct inquiries in the UK," a spokesman said.
Italian and Swiss police are also helping with the investigation because of the proximity of the attack their borders. The Hilli family is also understood to own property in Switzerland. Italian and Swiss police are helping with the investigation because of the proximity of the attack to their borders. The Hilli family is also understood to own property in Switzerland.