Toulouse killer's brother kept behind bars
The brother of the al Qaeda-inspired killer who died in a hail of French police bullets will be kept behind bars while he is investigated for possible complicity in the crimes, the public prosecutor's office says.
Abdelkader Merah, 29, was arrested last Wednesday as police laid siege to his brother Mohamed's Toulouse apartment following the killing of four soldiers, three Jewish children and a rabbi, was placed under formal investigation after four days of preliminary interrogation.
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Toulouse gunman killed after 32-hour siege
Mohamed Merah, the gunman who killed seven people in Toulouse has been shot dead by police after a 32-hour siege.