France deeply racist? French intelligence surveillance. Mohammed Merah, Toulouse Killings Suspect, Shot In The Head By Police Sniper After Stand-Off. Mohammed Merah was shot in the head by a police sniper as he attempted to flee through a window, anti-terrorist prosecutors said on Thursday.
During the dramatic raid that led to his death on Thursday morning, Merah shot at police more than 30 times. Prosecutors said they did "everything we could" to arrest him alive. "We had to get him in the end. What else can we tell you," prosecutor Francois Molins said during a press conference. Prosecutors confirmed Merah was behind the three attacks that killed seven people in the region and had a stash of weapons. Molins also confirmed that Merah filmed all three of his killings, including the murder of a three soldiers and the killing of four people at a Jewish school.
They said five police officers were injured in the operation. The student, who is of Algerian extraction, believed to be behind a series of shooting sprees was earlier quoted as saying he "wants to die with a gun in his hand" as police surrounded his flat.
Thousands attend Jerusalem funeral of Toulouse Jewish school shooting victims. Le Grand Journal - LE GRAND JOURNAL du 19/03/12 - P1: Réactions après Toulouse. EXCLUSIF. Les pistes privilégiées par les enquêteurs. L'enquête sur les tueries de Toulouse et Montauban connaît un nouveau rebondissement.
Le meurtre des soldats du 17e régiment de génie parachutiste de Montauban, celui du parachutiste de Toulouse, et l'attaque, lundi matin, de l'école juive qui a coûté la vie à quatre personnes, dont trois enfants, sont bel et bien liés. C'est le même scooter T-Max Yamaha qui a été utilisé par le ou les tireurs. Sa plaque d'immatriculation aurait été enregistrée sur les bandes de vidéosurveillance de la ville de Montauban. C'est aussi la même arme, un calibre de 11,43 mm, qui a servi aux trois attaques. Selon nos informations, trois hommes, dont l'un se serait déjà manifesté, sont actuellement recherchés : des anciens militaires du 17e RGP. En 2008, le 17e régiment de génie parachutiste de Montauban s'était fait tristement connaître.
Toulouse killings: Death in the morning. Toulouse shooting: Israeli PM condemns 'despicable murder of Jews' Shootings in Toulouse and Montauban: What we know. 22 March 2012Last updated at 10:49 ET Continue reading the main story Hunt for French killer France has seen an unprecedented security clampdown after a lone gunman killed seven people, including three children, in three separate attacks in the south-west of the country.
Police tracked down the main suspect after investigating the movements of a stolen scooter used by the killer to make his escape following shootings in Toulouse and nearby Montauban. 6 March: Scooter stolen A Yamaha T-Max scooter that proves key to tracking down Mohammad Merah, the main suspect in the targeted killings, is stolen. Police say Merah or an associate later contacted a garage to find out how to switch off the stolen bike's GPS tracker device.
After the second attack, Merah had the black bike resprayed white. Toulouse school shooting: same gun was used in killing of soldiers. A gun used in a shooting at a Jewish school in south-west France was the same weapon used in the shooting dead of three French soldiers last week, police sources have said.
Four people, including a father and his two sons and another child, were killed at the Toulouse school on Monday. Reuters reported that French police were linking the attack with the shooting of the soldiers in Toulouse and nearby Montauban. The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, had said there were "similarities" between the two attacks. Speaking in Toulouse, he said: "We are struck by the similarities between the modus operandi of today's drama and those last week, even if we have to wait to have more elements from the police to confirm this hypothesis. " The soldiers who were shot were of north African and Caribbean origin. The adult victim in the most recent shooting was thought to be a rabbi who taught at the school, who died with his three-year-old and six-year-old sons.
"I did not find my son. De Montauban à Toulouse, la piste d'un même tueur se confirme. Toulouse shootings: police arrest man and corner suspect in early swoop - live updates. 6.49am: It's been a long night as elite French police from the Raid squad keep Mohamed Merah cornered inside a Toulouse flat.
Here is a recap of the main developments. • Mohamed Merah, 24, has been pinned down since Wednesday morning in a Toulouse flat after a raid in which police captured his brother but had to pull back when three officers were shot and wounded. The scene is completely surrounded by heavily armed police from Raid, the French specialist anti-terrorist and hostage response squad. • Explosions have been ringing out at varied intervals overnight, with the stated aim of authorities being to intimidate Merah, tire him out and convince him that there is no escape, while putting themselves and others in as little danger as possible. • At over 24 hours it has become one of France's longest ever police sieges – comparisons have been drawn with the Neuilly hostage crisis of 1933, which went on for 46 hours. 5.02am: Around 2.30 there was an exchange of fire. Après la fusillade de Toulouse.