MADRID
\nSpanish police were hunting the central Pyrenees on Wednesday for a man suspected of killing two teachers in a French village across the border, a spokeswoman said.
\nThe pair were shot dead on Monday afternoon in a village near the town of Tarbes, where they both worked, with the suspected gunman fleeing on a motorcycle, a source close to the French inquiry told media.
\nHis motorcycle was found abandoned on the Spanish side of the border in the northeastern Aragon region, prompting Spanish police to pick up the search on Tuesday, a source close to the inquiry told media.
\nSince then police had been carrying out \u201ca full search\u201d of the area around Jaca, a town that lies about 200 kilometers (124 miles) southwest of Tarbes, a police spokeswoman told media.
\nThe search continued through the night and \u201cis ongoing,\u201d she said, without giving further details.
\nNeither French nor Spanish police gave any details about the suspect\u2019s identity.
\nThe teachers were shot dead in Pouyastruc village on Monday, prosecutors said.
\nThe first victim, a 32-year-old woman, was found lying in the street by neighbors, while other, a man of 55, was found dead in his home, just meters away, the prosecutor said.
\nThe suspect, who is in his 30s, was the woman\u2019s former partner, a source close to the inquiry said.
\nThey had two children together and were in the process of separating, suggesting the murders may have been a crime of passion.
\nThe woman, identified as Aurelie Pardon, taught French at the school in Tarbes while the man, Gabriel Fourmigue, was a sports teacher at the same establishment who was known for representing France in bobsleigh at international level in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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