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| France shooting: Four die in Toulouse Jewish school attack | |
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| A gunman has opened fire on a Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse, killing three children and an adult, police say. | |
| At least two people were also injured in the attack outside the Ozar Hatorah school in the north-east of the city. | At least two people were also injured in the attack outside the Ozar Hatorah school in the north-east of the city. |
| Police are hunting for the gunman, who witnesses said was riding a black scooter. | |
| The attack comes days after three soldiers were shot dead by a man on a scooter in the same part of France. | The attack comes days after three soldiers were shot dead by a man on a scooter in the same part of France. |
| President Nicolas Sarkozy, his education minister and interior minister are travelling to Toulouse, in south-west France. | |
| The grand rabbi of France, Gilles Bernheim, who is also on his way to the city, said he was "horrified" and "stunned" by what had happened. | The grand rabbi of France, Gilles Bernheim, who is also on his way to the city, said he was "horrified" and "stunned" by what had happened. |
| Israel also said it was horrified, adding that it trusted the French authorities "to shed full light on this tragedy and bring the perpetrators to justice". | |
| Lockdown | Lockdown |
| Monday's attack happened as children and their parents were arriving at the Ozar Hatorah school, in the Joliment area of the city, for the start of the school day. | Monday's attack happened as children and their parents were arriving at the Ozar Hatorah school, in the Joliment area of the city, for the start of the school day. |
| The French network BFMTV said the dead included a school teacher, his six-year-old daughter and a 17-year-old school boy. | |
| There is no information yet on the third child killed. | |
| Local residents have immediately linked the shootings with last week's attacks on the soldiers. | Local residents have immediately linked the shootings with last week's attacks on the soldiers. |
| A 30-year-old paratrooper out of uniform was gunned down in a residential area of Toulouse just over a week ago, while two soldiers were killed and a third wounded as they used a cashpoint in the town of Montauban, some 29 miles (46km) away, on Thursday. | |
| All the soldiers were of North African origin. | |
| Some 60 police officers, including anti-terrorist specialists, had been drafted in to help investigate those attacks. | |
| They have been looking for a gunman who was targeting soldiers, the BBC's Christian Fraser in Paris says. | |
| But if the latest attack does prove to be linked, then it suggests the pattern has changed and, if so, police are looking for a dangerous serial killer, our correspondent adds. | |
| Are you in Toulouse? Did you witness the shooting? Send us your comments using the form below. | Are you in Toulouse? Did you witness the shooting? Send us your comments using the form below. |
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