Four shot dead at French Jewish school

[Filuwaúrdjan]

A gunman has shot dead a teacher and three children at a Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse.

He opened fire on the Ozar Hatorah school in the north-east of the city, also seriously injuring a teenage boy.

The attacker fled on a scooter, in similar style to the killer of three soldiers in two separate incidents in the same part of France last week.

Police say the same .45 calibre gun was used in all three attacks. The search for the killer is now under way.

Sources close to the investigation say the number plate of the scooter has now been recovered from CCTV cameras at the entrance to the school.

A special service in memory of the victims is taking place at one of the synagogues in Toulouse. There will also be a silent march in Paris at 20:00 (19:00).

President Nicolas Sarkozy, who flew to Toulouse, described the attack as a "national tragedy". He has called for all schools in France to observe a minute's silence on Tuesday and vowed to hunt down the killer.

All candidates in the French presidential election have suspended their campaigns.

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[Filuwaúrdjan]

In one of those moments of utter shudderworthy shuddering it emerges that this man was actually known to the police.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Seems as though they're trying to storm the flat right now.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Seems as though they're trying to storm the flat right now.

Actually no. They were just trying to... er... make noises?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Would suggest that we avoid having a discussion of the death penalty on this thread.