Police surround Toulouse shooter, suspect claims links to al-Qaeda
Following a pre-dawn shootout, French police this morning have surrounded the house of a 24-year-old man, identified as Mohammed Merah, who is suspected of carrying out the Toulouse Jewish school killings.
The man, who according to the French Interior Minister Claude Gueant, is an Algerian national with links to al-Qaeda, is held up in a house in northern Toulouse.
French police began a raid on a house at 3 am local time to arrest suspects in the shooting. Three police officers were reportedly injured in the operation, with one of them shot in the knee. Gueant told reporters at the scene that the suspect said he, “belongs to al-Qaeda”.
Following a pre-dawn shootout, French police this morning have surrounded the house of a 24-year-old man, identified as Mohammed Merah, who is suspected of carrying out the Toulouse Jewish school killings.
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French police began a raid on a house at 3 am local time to arrest suspects in the shooting. Three police officers were reportedly injured in the operation, with one of them shot in the knee. Gueant told reporters at the scene that the suspect said he, “belongs to al-Qaeda”.
