Detectives investigating the shooting in the alps massacre are looking into whether Saad Al-Hilli could have been targeted over links to the defence industry.
Mr Al-Hilli was killed alongside his wife and mother-in-law last week. His daughters Zainab, seven, and Zeena, four, survived the killing.
There is growing speculation over the motives for the killings. French detectives are reportedly keen to question work colleagues of Saad after discovering that he was killed while working on a secret contract for one of Britain's biggest defence companies.
Mr Al-Hilli worked for Surrey Satellites Technology Limited (SSTL) near Guildford, and detectives are expected to ask colleagues about whether his work may have made him a target for assassination.
Mr Al-Hilli was part of a team involved in an undisclosed project linked to European Aeronautic Defence and Space. The company designs and launches satellites for clients who want an "eye in the sky" for commercial, civil or security purposes.
. . .do think this is where the trail leads; just hope they get to 'end of it'.
link: The Telegraph link
24 to 25 rounds were fired, most likely from a single Skorpion automatic pistol chambered in .32 ACP.
That same weapon was also used in the nearby assasination of Momir Gavrilovic in Belgrade in August of 2001. Gavrilovic was entirely enmeshed in black ops for Serbia as well as European cigarette smuggling for his own pocket.
...and even though it was a an automatic machinegun pistol, the hitmen shot Momir twice in the head and once in the chest with his burst.
Fast forward to August of 2012 in France, where each of the 4 victims was shot twice in the head and once in the chest with the same Skorpion automatic machine pistol.
Same area. Same MO. Same caliber of ammo. Likely the same, or same type of, weapon.
OH, that weapon is the weapon of choice for Serbia’s Red Beret Spec Ops.
Say what you will about the Serbs pro or con, no one doubts their accuracy and proficiency with firearms.
Same time of year for both jobs, too. August in Europe is when most government workers are “on holiday” vacations...available for side jobs.