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| French Alps shootings: Salford man questioned over alleged fraud | French Alps shootings: Salford man questioned over alleged fraud |
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| A man has been questioned on suspicion of attempting to access bank accounts of an engineer murdered in the French Alps. | A man has been questioned on suspicion of attempting to access bank accounts of an engineer murdered in the French Alps. |
| Police are investigating claims that someone tried to get into the accounts of Saad al-Hilli by phone after his death on 5 September. | Police are investigating claims that someone tried to get into the accounts of Saad al-Hilli by phone after his death on 5 September. |
| About 100 officers in Britain and France are investigating the murders of 50-year-old engineer Hilli, his wife Iqbal, 47, her mother, Suhaila al-Allaf, 74, and a passing cyclist, Sylvain Mollier, in a gun attack near Chevaline. The couple's four-year-old daughter, Zeena, lay undiscovered under her mother's body for eight hours after the shooting, while her seven-year-old sister, Zainab, was found with serious injures after being shot and beaten. | About 100 officers in Britain and France are investigating the murders of 50-year-old engineer Hilli, his wife Iqbal, 47, her mother, Suhaila al-Allaf, 74, and a passing cyclist, Sylvain Mollier, in a gun attack near Chevaline. The couple's four-year-old daughter, Zeena, lay undiscovered under her mother's body for eight hours after the shooting, while her seven-year-old sister, Zainab, was found with serious injures after being shot and beaten. |
| French investigators searched the Hilli family home in Claygate, Surrey, after the deaths. | French investigators searched the Hilli family home in Claygate, Surrey, after the deaths. |
| It emerged on Sunday that later in September, Surrey police asked the Greater Manchester force to arrest a man at an address in Alban Street, Salford, on suspicion of fraud offences. | It emerged on Sunday that later in September, Surrey police asked the Greater Manchester force to arrest a man at an address in Alban Street, Salford, on suspicion of fraud offences. |
| Nigerian-born Abiodun David John was questioned and later released on bail pending further inquiries. He is due to answer his bail on Tuesday in Surrey. | Nigerian-born Abiodun David John was questioned and later released on bail pending further inquiries. He is due to answer his bail on Tuesday in Surrey. |
| John, who has since moved to London, has denied any wrongdoing. He told the Manchester Evening News: "I believe that people have been tapping into my phone and accessing my internet. When the police came into my house I did not know what they were talking about. "I am totally innocent. I do not know where this whole thing has come from." | John, who has since moved to London, has denied any wrongdoing. He told the Manchester Evening News: "I believe that people have been tapping into my phone and accessing my internet. When the police came into my house I did not know what they were talking about. "I am totally innocent. I do not know where this whole thing has come from." |
| A spokesman for Surrey police said: "A 32-year-old man from the Greater Manchester area was arrested on September 25 in connection with an ongoing fraud investigation being carried out by Surrey police. He was released on bail until November 13 pending further inquiries." | A spokesman for Surrey police said: "A 32-year-old man from the Greater Manchester area was arrested on September 25 in connection with an ongoing fraud investigation being carried out by Surrey police. He was released on bail until November 13 pending further inquiries." |
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