When asked how long the ballistic examination would take to conclude, she replied: \u201cIt will be carried out quickly. Whether we\u2019ll get the results quickly is another matter, because it all depends on the condition of the weapon.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was submerged in the lake for some time. It may take a while before we get the results.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Lawrysz said she could not provide any more information on the identities of the tourists who found the weapon.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom what I\u2019ve gathered, they went on a dive in the lake and discovered this weapon. But where exactly, and how, I can\u2019t tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Murder theories<\/p>\n
Detectives have treated the murderer\u2019s choice of weapon as evidence that they are not a professional assassin, as an older handgun is more likely to jam or misfire.<\/p>\n
However, French army firearm instructors consulted by the prosecutors believe that the methodical and calm nature of the shootings suggests the culprit was a foreign special forces soldier who \u201cwent off the rails\u201d.<\/p>\n
The killer is believed by some sources to be a member of the elite Swiss counter-terror police force, the D\u00e9tachement d\u2019Action Rapide et de Dissuasion, because of how close-range the shots were.<\/p>\n
No motive has been found by police despite exhaustive investigations in Britain, France and Iraq.<\/p>\n
Numerous conspiracy theories have surrounded the case, some of which are connected to al-Hilli\u2019s former job as an engineer in Iraq.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When asked how long the ballistic examination would take to conclude, she replied: \u201cIt will be carried out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[16],"tags":[50,197,1001,569,60789,12206,1782,15439,1046],"class_list":["post-124665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-alps","tag-alps","tag-europe","tag-france","tag-french-alps","tag-lake-annecy","tag-murder","tag-standard","tag-us-content","tag-world-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/117203561817368216","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}