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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/19/toulouse-shooting-three-killed-jewish-schoolToulouse police outside the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school. Photograph: Eric Cabanis/AFP/Getty Images
A gunman opened fire in front of a Jewish school in the south-west French city of Toulouse on Monday, killing four people including a father and his two sons, and another child.
The adult victim was thought to be a rabbi who taught at the school, who died with his three-year-old and six-year-old sons. The fourth victim, aged between eight and 10 years old, was the school principal's daughter, according to Rahamim Sabag, a rabbi who works at the school. Sabag was speaking to Israel's Channel 2 television.
Witnesses described how the gunman opened fire outside the Ozar Hatorah school, a private Jewish secondary, at around 8.15am before fleeing on a black scooter.
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)midnight
(26,624 posts)goes out to this community, and I hope some peace settles in....
malaise
(269,219 posts)How do you slaughter children in cold blood?
Chorophyll
(5,179 posts)Despicable. I don't understand how anyone can be so filled with hate that they would target children. Anywhere.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)OPOS
(73 posts)Same Shooter shot 3 French Paratroopers in the back last week in Mountauban, killing them and the week before shot a Paratrooper from another regiment in the back from a Motorcycle. The men were at ATM's in Uniform, one was followed intoa store and shot in the head after initially being wounded. Murder Weapon is rare for europe, casings are 11.43mm, aka the US .45ACP of Thompson Submachinegun, Colt 45Auto fame. Not too many Full Automatic weapons are chambered for that caliber
M1928A1 Thompson
M1/M1A1 Thompson
M3/M3A1 Greasegun
MAC-10
Except for the MAC-10 the others are Museum pieces. .45ACP casings found at this murder as well
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/15/world/europe/france-shooting/
http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2012/03/15/97001-20120315FILWWW00556-montauban-deux-militaires-tues-par-balle-un-blesse.php
http://t.co/QXlaNIeV
xchrom
(108,903 posts)Has advised off duty soldiers not to wear their uniforms off base.