Portuguese police name new suspect in Madeleine case

PRAIA DA LUZ, Portugal, Sept 7 (Reuters) Portuguese police said today they have identified a new suspect in their investigation into a missing British girl after interviewing the girl's mother, Kate McCann.

''All I can say is there is another formal suspect,'' police spokesman Olegario de Sousa told Reuters. Under Portuguese secrecy laws, the names of suspects are not given but Kate McCann's spokeswoman said early today police were preparing to name her as a suspect. A British man had earlier emerged as the first formal suspect in the case.

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