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A photo made available on April 23, 2011 shows the portrait of the suspect in the murder of his family Xavier Dupont de Ligonnes on the registration form of his shooting club where he had carried out shooting exercises in Nantes. AFP PHOTO

The Frenchman Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès, suspected of having killed his wife and four children in 2011 in Nantes and actively sought since, was arrested Friday, October 11 at the airport in Glasgow, Scotland.

Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès was spotted by the police at Paris Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport before boarding, but the police did not have time to intervene and warned Interpol. Upon arriving in Glasgow, he was checked, and according to the English police, his fingerprints match.

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(More information to come).