Video of Toulouse massacre sent by accomplice to Al Jazeera, officials says

[Mosby]

Source: Times of Israel

A video apparently showing a Muslim gunman’s attacks on soldiers and a Jewish school was sent to the Al-Jazeera television network but not by the shooter, French police said Tuesday, raising the specter of a possible accomplice.

Al-Jazeera on Tuesday decided not to air a video that seems to have been filmed from the killer’s point of view and includes the cries of his victims. The decision came after President Nicolas Sarkozy asked them not to broadcast it.

A French official close to the investigation said it was not sent by Mohamed Merah, a 23-year-old Frenchman who was killed in a shootout Thursday after a 32-hour standoff with police at his apartment building in Toulouse.

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Zied Tarrouche, Al-Jazeera’s Paris bureau chief, said the video had clearly been edited, with religious songs and recitations of Quranic verses laid over the footage.



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[MADem]

1. Well, I need more information...

If the film is from the perspective of the killer, we know the killer probably filmed it with one of those portable cameras.

The "accomplice" is most likely his brother and I would not be surprised if they already know this, but just aren't saying--they'll need to see if they can determine if he did the editing/mailing:

Preliminary charges for complicity in murder and terrorism have been filed against Merah’s older brother, Abdelkader, though no evidence has emerged that he took part directly in the shooting.

It was not clear if Abdelkader could have sent the video. Police first detained him as they carried out Wednesday’s early raid.

The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case.

“What we know is that it (the video) was reassembled. Things were added in. We don’t know if the full sequence was in it. But it was not just the video as it was filmed. There was an editing process and additions made,” the first official said.

[gratuitous]

2. Whether Al Jazeera airs the video or not . . .

And I think AJ is correct in not airing or posting the video, this suggests that someone else has control of it, and it will be aired somewhere, someday. A disturbing eventuality to say the least.