Tulouse, France – Police Launch Explosions Outside Hideout Of French Terror Suspect

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     Night falls as French police officers man a security cordon during a raid on a house to arrest a suspect who allegedly killed children and a rabbi on 19 March 2012 at 'Ozar Hatorah' Jewish school, in Toulouse, France, 21 March 2012.Tulouse, France – Riot police set off explosions outside an apartment building early Thursday in an effort to force the surrender of a gunman who boasted of bringing France “to its knees” with an al-Qaida-linked terror spree that killed seven people.

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    Hundreds of heavily armed police, some in body armor, surrounded the five-story building in Toulouse where the 24-year-old suspect, Mohamed Merah, had been holed up since the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday.

    As midnight approached, three explosions were heard and orange flashes lit up the night sky near the building. An Interior Ministry official said the suspect had gone back on a previous pledge to turn himself in — and that police blew up the shutters outside the apartment window to pressure him to surrender.

    Hours later, two new blasts and a burst of gunfire were heard, though officials insisted no full-out assault was under way. “It’s not as simple as that. We are waiting,” the Toulouse prosecutor, Michel Valet, told The Associated Press.


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    Bukharian
    Bukharian
    12 years ago

    why did officers afraid to going in already?

    FarvusNisht
    FarvusNisht
    12 years ago

    Are these so called police crazy?
    Why shouldn’t he commit suicide?
    You have nothing to lose, just walk in…
    What are you thus waiting for?

    12 years ago

    When will the world admit at last that these radical Arabs are the world’s scourge?

    genmill
    genmill
    12 years ago

    Enough already. Kill him.

    Rebecca1234
    Rebecca1234
    12 years ago

    Dont kill him, torture him till he begs for death

    12 years ago

    It was a matter of time before something like this would happen in France. France and England are living with their heads in the sand and will pay a price if they give these muslims the freedom they do not deserve.

    IMHOpinion
    IMHOpinion
    12 years ago

    He’s waiting for the last second. He’s just keeping the whole city under pressure.

    The minute he’ll see he lost, and they’re capturing him, he will shoot himself.

    Just wait and see….

    leahle
    leahle
    12 years ago

    For those of you wondering why they don’t just charge in:
    – If he is alive, they can question him and get info about others who participated or about other potential terrorists.
    – They don’t know what weapons he has in the apartment and are trying to keep themselves safe.
    – Others live in that building and the police don’t want to destroy it.