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| Identity check on man arrested at Glasgow Airport | Identity check on man arrested at Glasgow Airport |
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| Checks are being carried out to confirm the identity of a Frenchman arrested at Glasgow Airport on Friday. | Checks are being carried out to confirm the identity of a Frenchman arrested at Glasgow Airport on Friday. |
| It follows reports from AFP news agency that Xavier Dupont de Ligonnes was arrested after arriving in Scotland on a flight from Paris. | It follows reports from AFP news agency that Xavier Dupont de Ligonnes was arrested after arriving in Scotland on a flight from Paris. |
| Mr Dupont de Ligonnes is wanted in France for the murder of his wife and four children in Nantes in 2011. | Mr Dupont de Ligonnes is wanted in France for the murder of his wife and four children in Nantes in 2011. |
| However, French police said the man arrested was not Mr Dupont de Ligonnes, Reuters and French media reported. | |
| Police Scotland confirmed that a man was in custody in connection with a European Arrest Warrant. | Police Scotland confirmed that a man was in custody in connection with a European Arrest Warrant. |
| In a statement, Police Scotland said: "On Friday, 11 October 2019, a man was arrested at Glasgow Airport and remains in police custody in connection with a European Arrest Warrant issued by the French Authorities. | In a statement, Police Scotland said: "On Friday, 11 October 2019, a man was arrested at Glasgow Airport and remains in police custody in connection with a European Arrest Warrant issued by the French Authorities. |
| "Inquiries are ongoing to confirm his identity and we continue to liaise with our colleagues in the relevant agencies." | "Inquiries are ongoing to confirm his identity and we continue to liaise with our colleagues in the relevant agencies." |
| 'Nantes Slaughter' | 'Nantes Slaughter' |
| Mr Dupont de Ligonnes is suspected of murdering his wife Agnès, 48, and his children, Arthur, 21, Thomas, 18, Anne, 16, and Benoît, 13, whose bodies, as well as those of the family's two dogs, were discovered buried in the garden of the family house in Nantes in 2011. | Mr Dupont de Ligonnes is suspected of murdering his wife Agnès, 48, and his children, Arthur, 21, Thomas, 18, Anne, 16, and Benoît, 13, whose bodies, as well as those of the family's two dogs, were discovered buried in the garden of the family house in Nantes in 2011. |
| The murders, known as the "Nantes slaughter", deeply shocked France at the time. | The murders, known as the "Nantes slaughter", deeply shocked France at the time. |
| French prosecutors previously said he killed his victims in a "methodical execution", firing two bullets from a silenced weapon at close range into their heads, before he rolled them in lime and buried them under cement. | French prosecutors previously said he killed his victims in a "methodical execution", firing two bullets from a silenced weapon at close range into their heads, before he rolled them in lime and buried them under cement. |
| Mr Dupont de Ligonnes reportedly told his teenage children's private Catholic high school that he had been transferred to a job in Australia. | Mr Dupont de Ligonnes reportedly told his teenage children's private Catholic high school that he had been transferred to a job in Australia. |
| And he also allegedly told friends he was a US secret agent who was being taken into a witness protection programme. | And he also allegedly told friends he was a US secret agent who was being taken into a witness protection programme. |
| A large police operation was mounted in the Var region of southern France in January last year after witnesses reported seeing a man resembling him near a monastery. | A large police operation was mounted in the Var region of southern France in January last year after witnesses reported seeing a man resembling him near a monastery. |