French police searching for a gunman who shot dead four people
at a Jewish school in Toulouse have surrounded a house in the north of the
city. The man inside the bungalow where the operation is taking
place has claimed affiliation to al-Qaeda, Interior Minister Claude Gueant told
reporters. Two police officers have been reported injured in the
operation. The man's mother is at the scene to help negotiations, Mr
Gueant said, and his brother is under arrest. Mr Gueant told French TV that the
man informed police he wanted to "avenge Palestinian children".
The
suspect also denounced French "crimes" in Afghanistan. "He [the
suspect] was in the DCRI's sights, as were others, after the first two
attacks," an unnamed official told Agence France-Presse, referring to
France's domestic intelligence service. "Then the criminal investigation
police brought in crucial evidence," the official added. Police wearing
helmets and flak jackets have cordoned off the residential area of Toulouse
where the raid is happening, an eyewitness told the Liberation newspaper. Other
emergency services are also in attendance. A huge manhunt has been under way in
France amid fears the killer may strike again.
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