FILE - Gendarmes and investigators stand at the camp site where a slain British family were holidaying in Saint Jorioz, near Annecy, on Sept. 6, 2012. A French prosecutor says a suspect in the 2012 slayings of a British-Iraqi family vacationing in the French Alps and a cyclist has been detained. Saad al-Hilli, his wife Ikbal and his mother-in-law Souhaila al-Allaf, were shot dead on a remote mountain road near Annecy in eastern France. A French cyclist Sylvain Mollier was also killed. Al-Hilli's two young daughters survived the attack. A prosecutor said Wednesday that the suspect was detained in the Chambery region. She didn't give further details on the case because the investigation is ongoing. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)
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PARIS (AP) - A suspect in the 2012 slayings of a British-Iraqi family vacationing in the French Alps and a cyclist has been detained, a French prosecutor said Wednesday.
Saad al-Hilli, his wife Ikbal and his mother-in-law Souhaila al-Allaf, were shot dead on a remote mountain road near Annecy in eastern France. French cyclist Sylvain Mollier was also killed in the shooting. Al-Hilli's two young daughters, who were in the car at the time of the shooting, survived the attack.
Prosecutor Line Bonnet tweeted that a person has been placed in police custody in the Chambery region 'œin connection with the investigation into the murders of the al-Hilli family and Sylvain Mollier, known as the '~Chevaline events' of Sept. 5, 2012.'ť
She didn't give further details on the case because the investigation is ongoing.
A view of the trailer where the slain British family were holidaying in a camp site of Saint Jorioz, near Annecy, French Alps, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. A French prosecutor says a suspect in the 2012 slayings of a British-Iraqi family vacationing in the French Alps and a cyclist has been detained. Saad al-Hilli, his wife Ikbal and his mother-in-law Souhaila al-Allaf, were shot dead on a remote mountain road near Annecy in eastern France. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)
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