Alps murders: 'No progress' five years after al-Hilli shooting

Zaid al-Hilli says he has no faith in those investigating the shooting of his brother and his family

The brother of a British man shot dead while on a family holiday in the French Alps says he is frustrated with the lack of progress in the investigation. 

The bodies of Saad al-Hilli, his wife Iqbal and her mother, Suhaila al-Allaf, were discovered on a remote forest road on 5 September 2012. The couple's two young daughters survived the shooting near Lake Annecy.

The scene of the shooting near Lake Annecy in the French Alps in 2012

The French lead prosecutor said it was the most complex case she had ever worked on. Zeena al-Hilli, then four years old, was discovered hiding under her mother's body inside the family car, eight hours after the shooting.

Her seven-year-old sister Zainab was found with serious head injuries after being shot and beaten.
French cyclist Sylvain Mollier was also killed in the attack.


The bodies of the couple from Claygate, Surrey, along with Ms al-Allaf and Mr Mollier, were found on a road in Chevaline near Lake Annecy, where they had been on holiday.

Zaid al-Hilli said: "There hasn't been any progress in the case. The initial investigation [by French investigators] has been a total failure. "They made claims against the family which they couldn't prove."

In 2013, Surrey Police arrested Zaid al-Hilli, who lives in Chessington, as part of the French investigation. He was later released, with British police saying there was not enough evidence to charge him.