Two witnesses have told police searching for twin girls abducted by their father that they saw them in Geneva on the day of their disappearance.

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Missing twins ‘spotted in Geneva’

Two witnesses have told police searching for twin girls abducted by their father that they saw them in Geneva on the day of their disappearance.

Published: 8 March 2011 16:31 CET

Two witnesses have told police searching for twin girls abducted by their father that they saw them in Geneva on the day of their disappearance.

 

The witnesses say they saw Matthias Schepp and his daughters, Livia and Alessia, between 4pm and 5pm on 30th January in Geneva, nearly two hours drive from where they were snatched, in their home town of St Sulpice. 

 

Police would not tell reporters where in Geneva the family was seen, le Temps reported.

 

The trio are later thought to have entered France. Italian police said on Saturday that they had found the microchip from Schepp’s satellite navigator.

 

Schepp, a Swiss engineer, later killed himself. He sent a letter to his estranged wife claiming that he had killed their daughters, saying they were “resting in peace in a quiet area.”

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Swiss probing 11-year-old over Islamist posts: media

Swiss police are investigating an 11-year-old boy believed to have been radicalised by Islamic extremists -- the youngest person ever to be involved in such a case in Switzerland, media reported Friday.

Published: 7 September 2024 08:35 CEST
Swiss probing 11-year-old over Islamist posts: media

Swiss broadcasters RTS and SRF reported that police in the southern Swiss canton of Wallis had questioned the boy in June.

He was questioned in connection with “racist and discriminatory content” posted on social media, they said, citing the cantonal juvenile court.

The child reportedly admitted to having had contact with people involved in extremist movements abroad.

The court had not identified the extremist movements in question, but RTS and SRF said they had obtained information indicating they were Islamist and Jihadist groups.

Prior to this case, Islamist extremist cases on record in Switzerland have never involved anyone younger than 14, the broadcasters reported.

Wallis authorities have reportedly opened a juvenile case against the child, whose nationality was not divulged.

The juvenile court had stressed that the level of radicalisation had yet to be established and that the boy enjoyed the presumption of innocence.

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