Toulouse shootings

Paris attacks highlight France's gun control problems

The arms used prove how difficult it is for France – which has strict weapons laws – to tackle flow of illegal weaponry across Europe’s porous borders

Emma Graham-Harrison in Paris

15, Nov, 2015 @1:40 PM

Binyamin Netanyahu's visit to France met by protests - video

Pro-Palestinian protesters gather to demonstrate against a visit to France by the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu

01, Nov, 2012 @2:26 PM

Toulouse bank hostages freed in raid

Gunman claiming links to al-Qaida arrested after police commandos storm bank and free remaining hostages

Kim Willsher in Paris

20, Jun, 2012 @4:34 PM

Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah is buried – video

Mohamed Merah, who killed seven people before dying in a gunfight with police, is buried in a Toulouse suburb

30, Mar, 2012 @10:58 AM

Toulouse gunman's father says his son should not have been killed – video

Mohamed Merah's father says the gunman who admitted to killing seven in a shooting spree should have faced justice

28, Mar, 2012 @2:54 PM

Toulouse gunman father criticised by Sarkozy over plans to sue France - video

French president dismisses a threat by the Algeria-based father of Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah to take legal action over the death of his son

27, Mar, 2012 @1:33 PM

French elections: press round-up for 27 March

Jessica Reed: A look at the hot topics of the French elections through the press and social media. Today: Toulouse's legacy and Sarkozy's lack of programme

Jessica Reed

27, Mar, 2012 @11:46 AM

Toulouse shootings: Mohamed Merah sent video of killings to al-Jazeera

Broadcaster receives USB memory stick containing 25 minutes of video and a letter claiming responsibility for the murders

Kim Willsher in Paris

26, Mar, 2012 @10:06 PM

Toulouse gunman's brother under investigation as suspected accomplice

Abdelkader Merah reportedly told French police he was 'proud' of his brother, Mohamed Merah, who shot seven people dead

Kim Willsher in Paris

25, Mar, 2012 @4:07 PM

How the Merah massacre shook French politics – into silence

The murder of seven people jolted the 'technocratic' election campaign, so where is the debate about why it happened?

Ariane Chemin

25, Mar, 2012 @12:08 AM

Toulouse killings: in France or elsewhere, let's not play politics with murder | Nick Cohen

Nick Cohen: many on both sides won't admit that the motives and targets of totalitarian movements are often identical

Nick Cohen

25, Mar, 2012 @12:03 AM

Toulouse shooting: failure to find first target led assassin to Jewish school

Killer had accumulated a lethal arsenal and lived a life at odds with his unemployed status. How could this have happened under the nose of the intelligence services?

Kim Willsher in Toulouse

24, Mar, 2012 @7:23 PM