FRANCE: Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah set to be buried in Cornebarrieu cemetary on the outskirts of the city he lived and committed his crimes in
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FRANCE: Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah set to be buried in Cornebarrieu cemetary on the outskirts of the city he lived and committed his crimes in
- Title: FRANCE: Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah set to be buried in Cornebarrieu cemetary on the outskirts of the city he lived and committed his crimes in
- Date: 30th March 2012
- Summary: CORNEBARRIEU, FRANCE (MARCH 29) (REUTERS) CORNEBARRIEU CEMETERY
- Embargoed: 14th April 2012 13:00
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- Location: France, France
- Country: France
- Reuters ID: LVA5OP9ZV59T5KG3FX8XEYXA0MPZ
- Story Text: Gunman Mohamed Merah was on Thursday (March 29) set to be buried in the Muslim quarter of the cemetery of Cornebarrieu, a suburb of Toulouse, the south-western French city in which he lived and committed some of his crimes in.
The decision to bury him in France became a necessity after Algerian authorities refused to accept the body of Merah, an al-Qaeda inspired gunman who killed seven people this month in three separate shooting sprees.
Merah was shot by French police after a 30-hour standoff at his apartment last Thursday after confessing to the murder of three soldiers and three Jewish children and their teacher. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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