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Europe’s Angry Muslims

29 Thursday Mar 2012

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Toulouse Gunman is Dead

22 Thursday Mar 2012

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Mohammed Merah, the gunman who killed seven people, is dead after a 32-hour siege at a flat in Toulouse.

He was shot by a police sniper as he tried to jump out of a bathroom window after commandos had stormed his flat.

Merah had carried out three separate attacks, killing four people at a Jewish school and three soldiers.

He had said he was acting to “avenge Palestinian children” and protest against French military interventions overseas.

The 23-year-old who was reported to have received al-Qaeda training, opened fire on police commandos after they stormed into his flat at 9:30 this morning. (GMT)

Prosecutors said he was shot in the head as he tried to flee.

In a news conference, Prosecutor Francois Molins said a police marksman had killed Merah as he tried to jump out of the bathroom window.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17473207

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Stand-off in Toulouse

21 Wednesday Mar 2012

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Mohammed Merah, a Frenchman of Algerian origin, who is suspected of being behind  a recent spate of shootings around Toulouse, is currently inside a block of flats that is surrounded by police.
The 23-year-old is suspected of killing three soldiers and four Jewish people, all of which occurred in and around Toulouse in three separate incidents earlier this month.

On 11 March, a soldier was shot and killed after replying to an advertisement offering a motorcycle for sale.

Days later, two soldiers were shot and killed and a third was wounded while waiting for money from a cash machine.

And earlier this week, three children and an adult were shot and killed outside a Jewish school.

Earlier today, France’s interior minister, Claude Gueant, denied reports that security forces had arrested their suspect.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17462604

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