France shooting: prosecutor confirms victims shot twice in the head
French state prosecutor Eric Maillaud says that each of the victims of Wednesday’s shootings outside the French town of Annecy suffered two shots to the head. 620 349 TelegraphPlayer_9530707 6:17PM BST 08 Sep 2012
Eric Maillaud, who is leading the investigation, confirmed Saad al-Hilli, an Iraqi-born engineer, his 47-year-old wife Iqbal, a 77-year-old woman believed to be a relative, and a passing cyclist Sylvian Mollier, 45, all received two gunshot wounds to the head.
Initial reports from the French authorities had said they were shot once in the head. A “double tap” where two bullets are shot into the same location is a favoured method of professional killers.
He said: “All four were killed by several bullets and all four were hit twice in the head.”
“It shows an absolute determination to kill,” Mr Maillaud told the Telegraph after a press conference in Annecy.
He refused to reveal details of the weapons used, or whether there was more than one assassin.
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