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Brother of Toulouse killer to stand trial on terror charges

March 16, 2016 21:36
Mohamed Merah

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Naomi Firsht,

Naomi Firsht

1 min read

A brother of Mohamed Merah, the Islamist extremist who killed four people at a Jewish school in Toulouse in 2012, will stand trial on terrorism offences.

Mohamed Merah killed three children and a teacher at Ohr Torah school in Toulouse in March 2012. He also killed three French paratroopers in a separate attack.

He was shot dead by police several days later in a standoff.

Merah’s brother, Abdelkhader Merah, 33, was arrested and has been in custody since March 2012 while police investigated whether Mohamed acted alone.

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