The suspect in the killing of seven people in and around the southern French city of Toulouse is dead after a police siege of his apartment, lasting more than 31 hours.
24-year-old Mohamed Merah, a French citizen from Algeria is a self-proclaimed member of Al Qaeda.
Hewas killed in the raid overnight.
Merah confessed to Monday’s killings of three children and a rabbi at a Jewish school and last week’s shooting deaths of three paratrooper.
He said he killed to avenge the deaths of Palestinian children and to protest the French army’s involvement in Afghanistan.
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