https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A new book about the brutal 2012 murders of a British-Iraqi family and a French cyclist in the Alps has revealed that a former soldier in the French Foreign Legion has been identified as the number one suspect. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150526/french-soldier-emerges-as-top-of-suspect-list Tue, 26 May 2015 10:52:04 +0200 french-soldier-emerges-as-top-of-suspect-list French police investigating the brutal murder of a British-Iraqi family in the French Alps have suffered another setback in the quest to find the killer. After finally managing to identify a mystery biker police have ruled him out of any involvement in the quadruple murder. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150306/alps-murders-biker-ruled-out-as-suspect Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:37:46 +0100 alps-murders-biker-ruled-out-as-suspect The investigation into the brutal killings of a British-Iraqi family in the Alps in 2012 took a surprise twist, detectives revealed this week, revealing that the murdered mother had a secret husband who died on the same day her family was attacked near Annecy. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140709/alps-murder-probe-takes-mysterious-twist Wed, 09 Jul 2014 10:50:00 +0200 alps-murder-probe-takes-mysterious-twist A French former policeman briefly arrested this week in connection with the unsolved 2012 killings in the Alps of members of a British-Iraqi family was charged Saturday with the unrelated crime of arms trafficking. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140223/ex-cop-charged-over-trafficking-of-ww-ii-arms Sun, 23 Feb 2014 10:26:00 +0100 ex-cop-charged-over-trafficking-of-ww-ii-arms The arrest of a man in connection with the cold-blooded murder of a British-Iraqi family and a French cyclist has not "cleared up" the mystery, prosecutors said on Wednesday, adding that as yet there was no obvious link between the suspect and the victims. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140219/alps-murders-no-link-between-suspect-and-killings Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:46:00 +0100 alps-murders-no-link-between-suspect-and-killings UPDATED: A suspect, reportedly a former policeman, was arrested on Tuesday as part of the investigation into the brutal murder of a British Iraqi family in the French Alps in 2012. Mobile phone records place him in the area at the time of the killings. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140218/alps-murders-suspect-arrested-in-hunt-for-killer Tue, 18 Feb 2014 18:45:00 +0100 alps-murders-suspect-arrested-in-hunt-for-killer The main suspect in the hunt for the killer of a British-Iraqi couple in the French Alps in 2012, will face no further action, British police said on Wednesday, claiming there was not enough evidence to charge him. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140115/brother-of-alps-murder-victim Wed, 15 Jan 2014 12:34:00 +0100 brother-of-alps-murder-victim A month after investigators released a sketch of a mysterious motorcyclist, French police admitted on Monday that not a single call from the public had proved “of interest,” or brought them closer to solving the murders of a British-Iraqi family in the French Alps. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131202/alps-murders-al-hilli-chevaline-annecy Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:59:00 +0100 alps-murders-al-hilli-chevaline-annecy French police on Monday released an identikit image of a mysterious motorcyclist in the hope of reviving their probe into the killing of a British-Iraqi family in the Alps in September 2012. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131104/alps-murders-police-release-sketch-of-mystery-witness Mon, 04 Nov 2013 17:34:00 +0100 alps-murders-police-release-sketch-of-mystery-witness French police investigating the murders of a British Iraqi family in the French Alps last year are set to release a portrait image of a motorcyclist seen by several witnesses near the scene of the crime. The move comes after a BBC investigation concluded the killer had an accomplice. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131022/alps-murders-killer-had-an-accomplice Tue, 22 Oct 2013 15:56:00 +0200 alps-murders-killer-had-an-accomplice Investigators probing the brutal murder of a British Iraqi couple and two others in the Alps one year ago insisted on Friday they made "great advances" despite no charges having been brought. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130906/cops-insist-advances-made-in-alps-murder-probe Fri, 06 Sep 2013 15:34:00 +0200 cops-insist-advances-made-in-alps-murder-probe British police on Tuesday renewed the bail of a man arrested over the murder of his brother and other family members in the French Alps last year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130730/brother-of-alps-murder-victim-re-bailed-in-uk Tue, 30 Jul 2013 21:16:13 +0200 brother-of-alps-murder-victim-re-bailed-in-uk The brother of a British-Iraqi man killed along with his wife and mother-in-law in the French Alps last year was arrested on Monday on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder, French prosecutors confirmed. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130624/breaking-man-arrested-in-britain-over-alps-murders Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:08:00 +0200 breaking-man-arrested-in-britain-over-alps-murders An investigation into the cold-blooded murders of a three members of a British Iraqi family and a French cyclist in the Alps has been held back by France's Foreign Ministry after it blocked a request by French judges to visit Iraq. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130403/annecy-murders Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:40:00 +0200 annecy-murders