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French Police Standoff With Terror Suspect Ends
The death of Mohamed Merah, 23, ended a more than 24-hour standoff with an elite police squad. Merah was wanted in the deaths of seven people.
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A TV grab released by French TV France 2 shows an image of 23-year-old Frenchman of Algerian descent Mohamed Merah, suspected of a series of deadly shootings in Toulouse and Montauban which killed seven persons, including three children. Merah, suspected
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A police woman inspects the balcony of the apartment where special forces police staged the assault on the gunman Mohamed Merah, in Toulouse, March 23, 2012. (Reuters)
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France's French Interior minister Claude Gueant (3rdL) arrives to speak to journalists in Toulouse, southwestern France. Self-professed Al-Qaeda militant Mohamed Merah died during a police assault on his besieged flat. "Mohamed Merah jumped from the windo
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Masked French special unit policemen leave the scene after the assault to capture gunman Mohamed Merah during a raid on a building to arrest the suspect in Toulouse, March 22, 2012. (Reuters)