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This undated and unlocated frame grab provided Wednesday, March 21, 2012, by French TV station France 2 shows Mohamed Merah, the suspect in the killing of 3 paratroopers, 3 children and a rabbi in recent days in France. An Islamic extremist who boasted of killing seven people to strike back at France died Thursday after jumping from his window, gun in hand, in a fierce shootout with police, a French minister said. The death of Mohamed Merah, 23, ended a more than 32-hour standoff with an elite police squad trying to capture him alive. Merah was wanted in the deaths of seven people, three paratroopers, three Jewish schoolchildren and a rabbi, all killed over 10 days. Another student and another paratrooper were wounded in his attacks. (AP Photo/France 2)

Islamic gunman dead after French standoff

Johanna Decorse, Sarah DiLorenzo The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 10:47am

TOULOUSE, France — In a dramatic end to a 32-hour standoff, a masked French SWAT team slipped into an Islamic extremist’s apartment Thursday, sparking a firefight that ended with the man being shot in the head as he jumped out the window, weapon in hand.

The suspect, 23-year-old Mohamed Merah, was wanted in the deaths of three French paratroopers, three Jewish schoolchildren and a rabbi — all killed since March 11 in what Merah reportedly told police was an attempt to "bring France to its knees."

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A RAID special intervention police officer arrives near the building where the suspected killer is hold-up in Toulouse Wednesday March 21, 2012 . After a pre-dawn raid erupted into a firefight, French riot police pressed Wednesday for the surrender of a holed-up gunman who is suspected in seven killings and claiming allegiance to al-Qaida. A prosecutor said the gunman was planning to kill another soldier imminently. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

France shootings suspect holed up in building

Johanna Decorse The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 1:19pm

TOULOUSE, France — In a tense, daylong standoff, French riot police surrounded a building in southwest France on Wednesday, demanding the surrender of a gunman who they suspect of slaying seven victims in an al-Qaida-linked terror spree.

Hundreds of police cordoned off the streets around an apartment complex in the city of Toulouse after a pre-dawn raid erupted into a firefight. Three police were wounded as they tried to arrest a 24-year-old Frenchman of Algerian descent who is suspected of killing three Jewish children, a rabbi and three French paratroopers.

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People arrive for the ceremony at the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school Tuesday, March 20, 2012, where a gunman opened fire killing four people Monday in Toulouse, southwestern France. A father and his two sons were among four people who died Monday when a gunman opened fire in front of a Jewish school in a city in southwest France, the Toulouse prosecutor said Monday. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

Gunman may have filmed killings at French school

Jamey Keaten, Johanna Decorse The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 10:00am

TOULOUSE, France -- Police blanketed southern France on Tuesday, searching for a gunman -- possibly a racist, anti-Semitic serial killer -- who killed four people at a Jewish school and may have filmed his attack.

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Police officers and firefighters gather at the site of a shooting in Toulouse, southwestern France, Monday, March 19, 2012. A shooter opened fire in front of a Jewish school killing a number of people, the Toulouse prosecutor said Monday. (AP Photo/Bruno Martin)

Gunman kills 4 outside French Jewish school

Johanna Decorse The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 19, 2012 - 9:48am

TOULOUSE, France -- A motorcycle gunman opened fire Monday in front of a Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse, killing a rabbi, his two small sons and one other child, the prosecutor's office said.

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