Toulouse gunman's brother under investigation as suspected accomplice
Abdelkader Merah reportedly told French police he was 'proud' of his brother, Mohamed Merah, who shot seven people deadThe brother of Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah has been placed under investigation...
View ArticleToulouse shootings: Mohamed Merah sent video of killings to al-Jazeera
Broadcaster receives USB memory stick containing 25 minutes of video and a letter claiming responsibility for the murdersToulouse gunman Mohamed Merah, who killed seven people including three children,...
View ArticleFrench elections: press round-up for 27 March
A look at the hot topics of the French elections through the press and social media. Today: Toulouse's legacy and Sarkozy's lack of programmeNo doubt about it, Toulouse was still dominating the...
View ArticleToulouse gunman father criticised by Sarkozy over plans to sue France - video
French president dismisses a threat by the Algeria-based father of Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah to take legal action over the death of his son
View ArticleToulouse shootings: al-Jazeera decides against airing video
TV channel says it will not screen footage that appears to show Mohamed Merah's deadly attacks at a school and a barracksAl-Jazeera has decided against airing a video that purports to show the attacks...
View ArticleToulouse gunman's father says his son should not have been killed – video
Mohamed Merah's father says the gunman who admitted to killing seven in a shooting spree should have faced justice
View ArticleToulouse shootings: Algeria refuses to take gunman Mohamed Merah's body
Algeria refuses to accept body of man who killed seven people in France for 'reasons of public order'The family of a gunman who killed seven people in southern France were searching on Thursday for a...
View ArticleToulouse gunman Mohamed Merah buried in France
Algeria refused to allow burial of Frenchman of Algerian origin who had filmed himself killing victims including schoolchildrenThe body of a gunman who claimed responsibility for France's worst terror...
View ArticleToulouse gunman Mohamed Merah is buried – video
Mohamed Merah, who killed seven people before dying in a gunfight with police, is buried in a Toulouse suburb
View ArticleIslamists face charges over alleged plan to kidnap French judge
Thirteen accused of links with terror organisation after banning of group Forsane Alizza and discovery of weapons in police raidsA group of suspected Islamist radicals face charges in France over...
View ArticleFears of another motorbike serial killer after four shootings in Paris
Police find similarities in murders but as yet no terrorism link has been madePolice in Paris have linked a 7.65mm gun to four separate murders in the Essone area of the capital since November, raising...
View ArticleToulouse bank hostages freed in raid
Gunman claiming links to al-Qaida arrested after police commandos storm bank and free remaining hostagesA gunman claiming links to al-Qaida was arrested after holding employees of a bank in southern...
View ArticleBinyamin Netanyahu's visit to France met by protests - video
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather to demonstrate against a visit to France by the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu
View ArticleToulouse shootings: man and woman arrested over suspected links to killer
Pair held on suspicion of links to Mohamed Merah, who killed three Jewish children, a rabbi and three paratroopersA man and a woman have been arrested in southern France on suspicion of links to an...
View ArticleSoldier and two others held over Toulouse terror attacks
French police make arrests as part of investigation into attacks last year targeting Jews and paratroopers in southern cityFrench police have detained three people, including a soldier, in southern...
View ArticleToulouse shooting: failure to find first target led assassin to Jewish school
The 23-year-old petty thief who killed three Jewish children and their teacher had accumulated a lethal arsenal and lived a life at odds with his unemployed status. How could this have happened under...
View ArticleToulouse killings: in France or elsewhere, let's not play politics with murder
Many on both sides won't admit that the motives and targets of totalitarian movements are often identicalWho would want to kill Arab soldiers serving in a western army, a rabbi and three Jewish...
View ArticleHow the Merah massacre shook French politics into silence
The murder of seven people jolted the 'technocratic' election campaign, so where is the debate about why it happened?It was two weeks ago; it already seems like a century. The election campaign was...
View ArticleParis attacks highlight France's gun control problems
The arms used prove how difficult it is for France – which has strict weapons laws – to tackle flow of illegal weaponry across Europe’s porous borders The arsenal of weapons deployed by the eight...
View ArticleBrother of terrorist in Jewish school shootings goes on trial in France
Abdelkader Merah faces charge of complicity in 2012 attacks that killed seven people, including children and soldiersThe brother of a French Islamic extremist who killed seven people including three...
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