Mohamed Merah

French gunman sent Al Jazeera filmed footage: police

Al Jazeera received a computer memory drive containing a montage of footage accompanied by Islamist war songs, and sent the package on to police on Monday.

France to bar some imams in aftermath of Merah gunnings

President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday he would bar some Muslim preachers from entering France to participate in an Islamic conference next month as part of a crackdown after shootings by an al Qaeda-inspired gunman.

French gunman visited occupied West Bank in 2010

The French gunman who went on a killing spree in a Jewish school in France last week travelled from Jordan to the Israel-occupied West Bank in 2010, an Israeli security official said.

Sarkozy: Don't blame immigration laws for attacks

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says the far-right's use of the recent killing spree to call for tougher immigration laws doesn't make any sense since the perpetrator was French.

French gunman's brother whisked to Paris intelligence HQ

The brother of an Al-Qaeda-inspired gunman who killed seven people was taken to Paris on Saturday for further questioning about the massacre that has raised questions about national security four weeks from a French presidential election.

French intelligence under fire over Al-Qaeda shooter

Opposition politicians, including far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, suggested that negligence or errors had permitted Mohamed Merah, 23, to carry out three deadly shootings within 10 days.

No sign French suspect had Al Qaida ties: Official

French officials said Merah might have made the claim of being linked to the Al Qaida because it is a well-known "brand".

Alleged French gunman on US no-fly List

A US counterterrorism official says the man suspected in the deaths of seven people in France was on the list of known or suspected terrorists who are prohibited from flying to the United States.

France: Police standoff with terror suspect enters second day

The standoff in Toulouse has entered its second day, pitting a holed-up suspected gunman behind an al-Qaida-linked killing spree against hundreds of French police working to arrest him.

French gunman showed no sign of militant leanings

The 24-year-old Frenchman of Algerian descent was holed up in his apartment after exchanging gunfire with police.