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 French police arrested a 33-year-old man with a history of psychiatric illness on suspicion of murdering his wife and their four children, prosecutors have said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20231227/man-held-over-murder-of-wife-and-four-children-in-france Wed, 27 Dec 2023 10:17:18 +0100 man-held-over-murder-of-wife-and-four-children-in-france An unemployed French engineer is accused of shooting dead three people in 2021 in southeastern France in what the prosecution said was act of vengeance for failing to find a job. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230614/out-of-work-engineer-on-trial-for-2021-hr-killer-deaths-in-france Wed, 14 Jun 2023 11:00:10 +0200 out-of-work-engineer-on-trial-for-2021-hr-killer-deaths-in-france 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 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 Kurdish organisations in France and Iraq on Wednesday claimed that the alleged killer of three female activists shot dead in Paris must have been a shadowy double agent working for Turkey. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130123/double-agent-claim-in-murder-of-paris-kurds Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:47:35 +0100 double-agent-claim-in-murder-of-paris-kurds An associate of three female Kurdish activists shot dead in Paris has been charged with their murders, a French prosecutor announced following an indictment hearing on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130121/suspect-charged-with-triple-murder-of-kurds Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:09:00 +0100 suspect-charged-with-triple-murder-of-kurds The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said Friday it would hold France responsible if it does not quickly shed light on the slaying of three female Kurdish activists in Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130111/kurdish-militants-warn-france-after-paris-killings Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:54:00 +0100 kurdish-militants-warn-france-after-paris-killings