Man held on killing of couples

Toulouse - Police have detained a Frenchman in connection with the brutal killing of two Dutch couples in southern France last…

Toulouse - Police have detained a Frenchman in connection with the brutal killing of two Dutch couples in southern France last month, a police source said yesterday.

Three of the victims were discovered bound and gagged with their throats slit in a holiday home in the village of Montfort near Toulouse. A fourth, found in another part of the house where he had apparently been hiding, had been shot dead.

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