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Sarkozy’s appeal to keep France shooting footage off-air
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has urged networks not to broadcast videos shot by an Islamist extremist killer during a shooting spree in France.
French gunman’s brother held as suspected accomplice
Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah’s brother is under investigation on suspicion of being an accomplice to the killing spree that left seven people dead.
French investigators turn attention to gunman’s brother
Signs have mounted that the brother of a radical Islamist gunman who killed schoolchildren and paratroopers in France may have helped him.
Proud brother of French gunman found with explosives
The older brother of the radical Islamist Mohamed Merah who killed seven people in France has told police he is "proud" of his brother.
French gunman dead after 30-hour stand-off
French media is reporting that an al-Qaeda-inspired gunman who confessed to killing seven people in France is dead after police stormed his apartment.
Police lose contact with France school shooter
Police have lost contact with Mohamed Merah, the gunman suspected of seven people, more than a day after 300 police first surrounded his house.