Suspect detained over 2012 slayings in French Alps

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. Al-Hillis two young daughters, who were in the car at the time of the shooting, survived the attack.

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 "in connection with the investigation into the murders of the al-Hilli family and Sylvain Mollier, known as the Chevaline events' of September 5, 2012." She didn't give further details on the case because the investigation is ongoing.

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