The world’s media are still camped outside the home of the brother of murdered Saad Al-Hilli.

Reporters and photographers hoping to catch a glimpse of Zaid Al-Hilli have been parked outside the block of flats in North Parade, Chessington, where the 53-year-year-old lived.

Neighbours said a media scrum, much like the one at his brother Saad Al-Hilli’s Claygate home, had surrounded the block of flats since Zaid Al-Hilli went to a police station to find out about his brother, who was shot dead in France.

Zaid Al-Hilli’s second floor flat appeared empty, with no response at the door, and neighbours said he had not been seen since last Thursday.

One neighbour, who did not wish to be named, said none of the residents in the block knew Zaid Al-Hilli personally and he had been living there for about three months.

He said: “The last time he was seen here was on Thursday by a woman next door. But we just know his face. We have never said anything more than a wave.”

Shopkeepers in the parade opposite the flats said they had also been swarmed with journalists looking for information about Zaid Al-Hilli.

The manager of Rhona’s café and restaurant in North Parade, who only wanted to be known as David, said: “I think he’s that sort of guy who kept himself to himself.

"We have had everyone in here but we just don’t know. No one does.”

Zaid Al-Hilli worked alongside his brother for aeronautical engineering business Shtech and it is believed he was replaced by Saad Al-Hilli’s wife about two years ago. 

Zaid Al-Halli denied to UK police that there had been any dispute over money with his brother, as had been speculated in the press.

French police said he would be interviewed as a witness like any other family member.

Saad Al-Hilli’s wife Iqbal Al-Hilli, her mother Suhaila Al-Allaf, 74, and Sylvain Mollier, a 45-year-old French cyclist, were also killed in the attack near Chevaline in the French Alps.