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Scotland Releases Man Mistaken For French Murder Suspect

Xavier Dupont de Ligonnes was subject to an international arrest warrant for the 2011 crime, a mystery that transfixed France
Scotland's police on Saturday released a man after he was mistaken for a French fugitive wanted for killing his wife and four children eight years ago.French judicial sources had initially believed that they had finally caught up with Xavier Dupont de Ligonnes, who was subject to an international arrest warrant for the 2011 killings which transfixed France.But Scotland's police said they had informed their French counterparts that forensic tests proved the man detained at Glasgow airport on Friday was not Dupont de Ligonnes.
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