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**gortusbig** · 09-07-2012, 02:58 AM

Alps Shooting Victim Was 'Wonderful Engineer'

Amid growing speculation over the motive for the shootings, the spotlight focuses on the business affairs of father Saad al Hilli.

5:30pm UK, Thursday 06 September 2012

Hearses arrive at the scene of the shooting in Chevaline, eastern France

The father-of-two shot dead along with his wife and daughters in France was an engineer and computer design expert who lived in Surrey, according to reports.

Saad al Hilli, 50, was originally from Baghdad, Iraq, but is thought to have moved to the UK in the 1970s.

His family is thought to have left the Middle East country after their mechanical engineering business was looked upon "unfavourably"by Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath party.

A friend of the family said Mr al Hilli grew up in London and went to school in Pimlico.

He spoke to Mr al Hilli on August 24 and he told him the family were going on holiday for two weeks. The friend added the family had a property in France, as well as their home in Claygate, near Esher.

The friend said: "He was a good friend, a close friend.

"Saad was the perfect father and a wonderful engineer. He was a keen cyclist."

Mr al Hilli is thought to have worked in the aviation and aerospace industry, for a Wiltshire-based aerial photography company called AMS 1087 Limited.

Julian Stedman, Mr al Hilli's accountant, described him as a "very jovial" person.

He said: "He would be working for several months for one company and then possibly move on when the work dried up.

"He tended to work mainly for one company at a time. He worked very hard."

The family are reported to have left for France on August 29.

The bodies of Saad and his wife were found in their BMW estate in Chevaline, near Annecy.

Their daughters, eight-year-old Zehab and Zaina, four, survived the attack although Zehab suffered a fractured skull after she was beaten.

09-07-2012, 02:58 AM	#3
gortusbig Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 476 Senior Member	Alps Shooting Victim Was 'Wonderful Engineer' Amid growing speculation over the motive for the shootings, the spotlight focuses on the business affairs of father Saad al Hilli. 5:30pm UK, Thursday 06 September 2012 Hearses arrive at the scene of the shooting in Chevaline, eastern France The father-of-two shot dead along with his wife and daughters in France was an engineer and computer design expert who lived in Surrey, according to reports. Saad al Hilli, 50, was originally from Baghdad, Iraq, but is thought to have moved to the UK in the 1970s. His family is thought to have left the Middle East country after their mechanical engineering business was looked upon "unfavourably"by Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath party. A friend of the family said Mr al Hilli grew up in London and went to school in Pimlico. He spoke to Mr al Hilli on August 24 and he told him the family were going on holiday for two weeks. The friend added the family had a property in France, as well as their home in Claygate, near Esher. The friend said: "He was a good friend, a close friend. "Saad was the perfect father and a wonderful engineer. He was a keen cyclist." Mr al Hilli is thought to have worked in the aviation and aerospace industry, for a Wiltshire-based aerial photography company called AMS 1087 Limited. Julian Stedman, Mr al Hilli's accountant, described him as a "very jovial" person. He said: "He would be working for several months for one company and then possibly move on when the work dried up. "He tended to work mainly for one company at a time. He worked very hard." The family are reported to have left for France on August 29. The bodies of Saad and his wife were found in their BMW estate in Chevaline, near Annecy. Their daughters, eight-year-old Zehab and Zaina, four, survived the attack although Zehab suffered a fractured skull after she was beaten.
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