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 The man detained in the stabbing of six people including four young children in the French Alpine town of Annecy has been charged with "attempted murder", a prosecutor said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230610/france-knife-attack-suspect-charged-with-attempted-murder Sat, 10 Jun 2023 17:39:01 +0200 france-knife-attack-suspect-charged-with-attempted-murder French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said the health of the preschool children badly wounded in a mass knife attack by a Syrian refugee was "heading in the right direction", as the attacker refused to cooperate with police. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230610/macron-says-positive-news-on-children-hurt-in-france-knife-attack Sat, 10 Jun 2023 10:44:11 +0200 macron-says-positive-news-on-children-hurt-in-france-knife-attack 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 Prosecutors said on Friday they won't charge an ex-cop held in a horrific quadruple slaying that targeted a British-Iraqi family on a quiet country road near Lake Annecy in 2012. However, gun trafficking charges appear likely. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140221/alps-murders-no-murder-charges-for-ex-cop Fri, 21 Feb 2014 09:49:00 +0100 alps-murders-no-murder-charges-for-ex-cop 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 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 Almost exactly a year after the shocking and mysterious murder of several members of the British-Iraqi al-Hilli family and a French cyclist at Annecy in the French Alps, investigators have confessed that apart from the murder weapon, "they know nothing." https://www.thelocal.fr/20130904/alps-murders-cops-still-stumped-one-year-on Wed, 04 Sep 2013 15:52:24 +0200 alps-murders-cops-still-stumped-one-year-on The route for the 100th edition of the Tour de France has been designed to showcase why France is the most visited tourist destination in the world. Here The Local picks the ten most iconic sites and jaw dropping sights along the way. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130628/gallery-iconic-spots-on-the-2013-tour-de-france Fri, 28 Jun 2013 11:25:00 +0200 gallery-iconic-spots-on-the-2013-tour-de-france Police in Surrey, England have released on bail Zaid al-Hilli, suspected of conspiring to murder his brother Saad, along with Saad's wife and mother-in-law, and a French cyclist at Annecy in the French Alps last autumn. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130626/alps-probe-continues-as-brother-released-on-bail Wed, 26 Jun 2013 10:21:44 +0200 alps-probe-continues-as-brother-released-on-bail 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 Police investigating the murder of a British-Iraqi family at Annecy in the French Alps last summer are probing a possible Romanian connection, as mystery surrounds the target of calls made to a phone in the eastern European country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130610/alps-murders-police-probe-romanian-link Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:24:27 +0200 alps-murders-police-probe-romanian-link 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 The French prosecutor in charge of solving the cold-blooded murder of a British-Iraqi family and a cyclist in the French Alps told The Local on Thursday the killer/s may never be caught, but it was too early to admit defeat. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130314/too-early-to-say-if-annecy-killers-will-escape-justice Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:43:00 +0100 too-early-to-say-if-annecy-killers-will-escape-justice Sylvain Mollier, the French cyclist slain in the Alps shooting, has been buried in his home village close to the scene of an unexplained massacre that left four people dead. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120917/funeral-for-cyclist-caught-in-alps-shooting Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:13:00 +0200 funeral-for-cyclist-caught-in-alps-shooting