RE: French gunman serial killer news
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'1137 GMT: More from Interior Minister Gueant: "RAID officers of course tried to protect themselves, to return fire, and then
in the end, Mohamed Merah jumped out of the window with a gun in his hand, continuing to fire. He was found dead on the ground."
1136 GMT: Police found Mohamed Merah in the bathroom after clearing all the other rooms of the flat where he had mounted a 31 hour standoff with police, Interior Minister Claude Gueant tells journalists..
"When a means of investigation (such as a mirror or camera) was introduced into the bathroom, the killer came out from the bathroom shooting very violently. The bursts of gunfire were frequent and hard," Gueant says.
"A RAID (special police) officer who is used to this kind of thing told me that he had never seen such a violent assault.
The situation at 1130 GMT: Several hours of silence from a man accused of seven horror killings in France end abruptly barely an hour ago as police go into to his suburban flat and spark a shootout which leaves him dead.
Mohamed Merah, a 23 year-old Frenchman of Algerian origin, dies as he jumps from a window still shooting after police find him hiding in the bathroom of the first floor flat in the Belle Paule apartment block in the southern French city of Toulouse.
Police say 300 bullets were fired in the gun battle which broke out when a specialist team entered the flat to end a 31 hour stand off with the self-proclaimed Al Qaeda supporter who is said to have vowed to die "weapons in hand".
1122 GMT: One French policeman was wounded in the foot and two others are in shock after this morning's raid on the self-professed Al-Qaeda militant Mohamed Merah, a police source says.
A police source said earlier that three police had been wounded, one "fairly seriously." The suspected serial killer died during the assault.
1116 GMT:
The 23 year-old Frenchman of Algerian origin, who died a few minutes ago in a shootout with police, was accused of killing three children and a Jewish teacher on cold blood on Monday following his assassination of three paratroopers last week.
1115 GMT: "Mohamed Merah jumped from the window still shooting," Interior Minister Claude Gueant told journalists, adding that Merah attacked police "with extreme violence" after bursting out of the bathroom. "He was found dead on the ground."
1111 GMT:
The killer allegedly responsible for seven racist deaths in France hid in the bathroom of his first-floor flat when police broke in to end the 31 hour standoff, police sources say.
He died as he jumped out of a window still shooting, they say.
1106 GMT:
Alleged racist killer Mohamed Merah was wearing a backpack with unknown contents, police say, after a team of specialists bursts into his flat to end a 31-hour siege.
Merah had said he wanted "to die weapons in hand", according to Interior Minister Claude Gueant.
1103 GMT: MOHAMED MERAH DIED AFTER JUMPING OUT OF WINDOW STILL SHOOTING: POLICE SOURCE
1100 GMT: Several hours of silence from the man accused of seven horror killings in France end abruptly as police go into to his suburban flat and spark a gun battle which leaves him dead and three police officers wounded.'
The latest four victims of 23 year-old Frenchman of Algerian origin MOHAMED MERAH serial killer:
Jonathan Sandler, Arieh (5), and Gabriel (4). Right: Miriam Monsonego (7), daughter of the school's headteacher. RIP.
