British detectives hunting for missing Madeleine McCann are looking for two German-speaking men whose computer-generated images will be broadcast on special TV appeals this week. Scotland Yard says the un-identified men were seen in the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz at the time when Madeleine, then aged three, went missing on May 3, 2007. Witnesses told Portuguese police who originally investigated the case that they saw two German-speaking men at the resort that day, but little or no importance was placed on them at the time. Now British detectives are keen to trace the two individuals to establish if they are connected to Madeleine’s disappearance or to eliminate them from the investigation, a Scotland Yard spokesman said.
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Scotland Yard were aware of the two men when Maddie went missing in 2007
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They were dismissed but the investigation team now want to find them
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E-fits of the suspects will be broadcast on Crimewatch on Monday at 9pm
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Similar appeals will be made on Dutch and German television next week
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Kate and Gerry McCann will fly to Munich to make live appeal on Wednesday
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