Claims of Saddam fortune link to Alps murders

Executed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein once gave a £840,000 (€1.4m) fortune to the father of a Briton who was murdered in an Alps massacre, it has been claimed.

Claims of Saddam fortune link to Alps murders

Hussain gave the money to the family of British engineer Saad Al-Hilli, 50, of Surrey, who was murdered with his wife in the Alps, the Daily Mail said.

The Iraqi leader is said to have deposited the sum in a Swiss bank account in the name of Al-Hilli’s father.

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