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France shooting: Four die in Toulouse Jewish school attack 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. A gunman on a scooter 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. Police say there are similarities with the killings of three soldiers in two separate incidents the same part of France last week.
The attack comes days after three soldiers were shot dead by a man on a scooter in the same part of France. All three - of North African origin - were shot by a man on a scooter.
President Nicolas Sarkozy, his education minister and interior minister are travelling to Toulouse, in south-west France. A 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.
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. But President Nicolas Sarkozy - who has arrived in Toulouse - said it is "much too early" to know if there is a definite link.
"Whatever happens," he said, "faced with this kind of toll, we can say that the French Republic as a whole has been hit by this appalling tragedy."
The grand rabbi of France, Gilles Bernheim, who is travelling to the city in south-west France, 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".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 'Shot at everything'
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. Local prosecutor Michel Valet said a 30-year-old man and his sons, aged three and six, were killed, along with another child aged between eight and 10 years old. A 17-year-old was seriously injured.
There is no information yet on the third child killed. "He shot at everything he could see, children and adults, and some children were chased into the school," Mr Valet said.
Local residents have immediately linked the shootings with last week's attacks on the soldiers. The Toulouse-based La Depeche newspaper said the shooting took place at the drop-off point for the nursery- and primary-age children of the school.
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. It said the killer was armed with two weapons, one of which was the same .45 calibre weapon as that fired in the attack on the paratroopers in Montauban.
All the soldiers were of North African origin. The AFP reports that the gunman initially used a 9-mm weapon but it jammed so he switched to a .45 calibre weapon.
Some 60 police officers, including anti-terrorist specialists, had been drafted in to help investigate those attacks. A freelance journalist in Toulouse, Christopher Bockman, told the BBC the city was in lockdown as police hunt the killer.
They have been looking for a gunman who was targeting soldiers, the BBC's Christian Fraser in Paris says. Some 60 police officers, including anti-terrorist specialists, had already been drafted in to help investigate the attacks on the soldiers.
They had 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.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.
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