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Lake Annecy gun linked to unsolved 2012 murder of British family in French Alps

French officials say a Luger pistol fished out from the bottom of Lake Annecy shows similarities to the weapon used in the notorious 2012 killings of a British-Iraqi family and a French cyclist in the nearby village of Chevaline, opening up a new lead in a case that has befuddled investigators for over a decade.

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Lake Annecy gun linked to unsolved 2012 murder of British family in French Alps
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