Annecy shootings (Euronews point of view)

Annecy murder. As Euronews report the fact.

Euronews made the first article about Annecy's massacre on 6 September 2012.

http://www.euronews.com/2012/09/06/young-girl-found-alive-at-scene-of-massacre-in-france/

The article talks principally about a car discovered with inside a family murdered. Only one member survived unhurt at this massacre: a little girl (only 4 years old). The police say that probably the young girl survived only because she was hiding under her mom's legs. Another girl, about 7 years old, was found alive but in a critical condition.
This massacre happened near the village of Chevaline, in the French Alps. Nobody really saw anything important for the investigation.
The family was from England, the father of the family was an Iraqi-born whose name was Saad Al-Hilli.
The investigators have no idea of the reason why this family was killed.
Close to the car, another corpse of a cyclist whose only fault was probably to be in the wrong place at the wrong moment.

The second article is dated 7 September 2012.

http://www.euronews.com/2012/09/07/french-alps-attack-three-victims-shot-in-the-head

The car was discovered by an English cyclist who also saw a car and a motorbike leaving the crime scene.
On the Al-Hilli's car there wer five people: two women, a man and two young girls.
The investigators questioned the 4 year old girl and she confirmed she was with her mom, dad and sister but she didin't recognize the other woman.
The police said that Al-Hilli's family was murdered with no apparent reason. Saad's brother contacted the police, from which now he'll be questioned.

The third article is dated 8 September 2012.

http://www.euronews.com/2012/09/08/brother-of-french-alps-murder-victim-rejects-dispute-claims

The article is centered particularly on the oldest girl. She is on artificial coma. The police hopes she will get better so she will be able to give important information for the investigation. The brother of Saad Al-Hilli affirmed he wasn't in a bad relationship with his brother.

Another article about Annecy massacre is the one dated 12 September 2012.

http://www.euronews.com/2012/09/12/french-alps-murder-investigators-say-clues-are-in-the-uk

The article talks about Zeena's return to Britain and how impatiently the police are waiting to interrogate Zainab.
The victims bodies were returned to their family.

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Annecy shootings (France 24 point of view)

France 24 has been particularly involved in this case, not only because the fact happened in France.

http://www.france24.com/en/20120905-five-found-fatally-shot-french-alps-haute-savoie-chevaline-uk-bmw

The day after the manslaughter France 24 reports the fact describing it in a journalistic way and with a first impression from the local police.

http://www.france24.com/en/20120906-british-driver-killed-france-iraqi-origin-annecy-maillaud-france
http://www.france24.com/en/20120907-france-murder-police-exploring-family-feud-motive-french-alps-killings-savoie-crime

The Annecy prosecutor acquaints the press with their first investigtion; he also informs that, probably, the killer didn't act alone. A familiar feud can be an eventual reason, according to the journalist.

The press conference held by the Gendarmerie has been live covered by the news channel and a report has been published on the web site at this link http://www.france24.com/en/20120907-live-France-alps-chevaline-annecy-police-hunt-killer-behind-murder-guns-live-updates

http://www.france24.com/en/20120908-french-police-shift-alps-murder-probe-britain-chevaline-annecy-killing-shooting-al-hilli

The French police, with the Scotland Yard's cooperation, searches the home of murders while the familiar motive is described carefully by the reporter, citing also a letter written an year ago by Saad al Hilli, the man assassinated.

http://www.france24.com/en/20120909-france-alps-murder-al-hilli-zeena-zainab-daughter-murdered-alps-couple-set-fly-home-chevaline-annecy-surrey

It is reported that Saad al Hilli worked for Surrey, an aerospace company , for two years as an engineer. Meanwhile, the young survivor starts to talk with the police, describing her memories.

http://www.france24.com/en/20120911-france-chevaline-annecy-claygate-alps-murder-witness-like-scene-film-murder-al-hilli
http://www.france24.com/en/20120913-france-alps-murder-british-cyclist-william-brett-martin-speaks-hollywood-scene

A week after the murder, the first man to alert emergency talks to the press, describing the crime scene as a film scene. The young survivor, he says, was not immediately found due to her hiding place, which was just behind her mather.

http://www.france24.com/en/20121005-swiss-bank-link-alps-murders-annecy-chevaline-claygate-shooting-al-hilli-investigation

After a month, it has been confirmed that Saad al Hilli visited a bank in Geneva few hours before his death. It is unknown what he did and the mystery goes on.

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Annecy shootings (Al Jazeera point of view)

Al Jazeera's reaction to the Lake Annecy's slaughter :

Al Jazeera's first online article about this massacre is dated 07/10/2012. It's a simple and direct report about the episode : it talks about the victims, 3 members of an Iraqui-British family, who have been shot with several bullets, and a French cyclist who was passing by and has been killed for being 'in the wrong place at the wrong moment'. The only survivors are two sisters, aged 7 and 4. The elder one was severely injured, she had been shot in the shoulder and beated in the head. Her little sister managed to hide herself under her mother's skirt. The police found her 8 hours after the shooting and she was completely shocked. After reporting the dynamics of the massacre, the journalist inserts a comment by public prosecutor Eric Maillaud saying that the slaughter was probably accomplished by non-professional criminals.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/10/2012102071717637204.html

The second Al Jazeera's article about this episode is dated 20/11/2012. It adds some details, for example, it says that investigators think that only one person was involved in the shootings. Moreover, it reports that, according to the French newspaper Le Parisien, the French cyclist, Syilvain Mollier, has been the first to be shot. It suggests that he, and not the Iraqui family, may be the target of the killer. The journalist strenghtens the previous hypotesis about the non-professionality of the killer, who is described as 'disorganised'. The article ends reporting that Saad al-Hilli, the 50year old father of the Iraqi family, worked as a mechanical design engineer with the Surrey Satellite Technology firm.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/09/2012965316547370.html

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Annecy shootings (BBC point of view)

Annecy's massacre

BBC:

On 13rd September 2012 BBC did a short summary of what happened the last 5th September near the Annecy lake.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19506889

It points out the possibility that the murder could be linked with Saddam Hussein. The article talks about an "Iraqi link".

On 27th September BBC did a radio report about Annecy killings

BBC Radio 4 report

In the next article, on 4th October, BBC did  an interview with chief prosecutor Eric Maillaud. 

He said that there is no hope of solving the murders in the near future. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19831615

On 19th October the BBC's report explains that police believes that the cyclist found dead at the scene was shot first, according to a leaked provisional scenario.

The police thinks also that the killer has worked alone but without much logic and that the identity or motive of killings hasen't been cleared yet.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20009542

On 22nd October BBC did an interview with the uncle of a woman shot. He thinks that the French prosecutor also focused on the family without presenting any evidence. In his opinion it is a kind of wild speculation.

It also did a summary of provisional scenario.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20024581

On BBC news there aren't more information about this murder.

I notice that BBC doesn't highlight the link with Iraq or Saddam. Instead, the broadcaster is very cautious and it prefers to concentrate the report about how the massacre was done on the dynamics.

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