Sheets shield the body of a victim of the shooting as an investigator photographs evidence at the scene
A distraught pupil is comforted as he is ushered away from the scene of this morning's shooting Photos: Daily Mail
This afternoon, the victims were named as Rabbi Yonatan Sandler, his two sons Aryeh and Gavriel, and eight-year-old Miriam Monsonego – daughter of the school's headteacher, Yaacov Monsonego.The city immediately went into lockdown as tactical armed police units searched for the murderer, who was believed to be driving a Yamaha T-Max.
In what had all the hallmarks of a well-planned attack, the motorcyclist rode up to the main door of the school shortly after 8am and opened fire.
Toulouse prosecutor Michel Valet said: ‘The man initially used a 9mm pistol after riding up to the school on his moped.
‘When this jammed he used a .45 calibre weapon, and chased pupils inside the school. Those who died included a religious studies teacher and his two sons.
‘The man was shooting at everything that appeared in his way. He then escaped on his moped.’
Detectives immediately linked the killings to the murders of four soldiers from ethnic minorities in the area over the past week.
Having visited the Jewish schools in Paris a few years back, I can tell you they are like fortresses. One only has to read the account of Ilan Halimi to understand how frightening it is for Jews in France (and Europe).
Daiy Mail: French police stepped up the search for a killer moped-rider with a tattooed face after four people were shot down and killed outside a Jewish school in Toulouse this morning.
A 30-year-old man and his two young sons, aged six and three, were among the dead along with the headteacher's eight-year old daughter.
The latest killings come a week after two shootings in Toulouse and 30 miles away in Montauban that left three paratroopers dead and a fourth person injured.
Police fear the latest shooting, which took place outside the Ozar Hatorah school, shows that a far right wing gunman is on the loose with a grudge against ethnic minorities.
All the victims so far have been Jewish, black or of North African origin.
Gunman kills 4 outside Jewish school in France Yahoo News
TOULOUSE, France (AP) — 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.
It was at least the third deadly motorcycle shooting in France in a week, shocking the country and prompting strong emotions and high-level discussions in Israel. French prosecutors were studying possible terrorist links, but the motive for Monday's attack was unclear.
Concerns about a serial killer emerged, as investigators examined whether Monday's shooting was linked to two deadly shooting attacks in the Toulouse region last week that killed three French paratroopers and left another seriously injured. French media reported those paratroopers were of Arab origin.
President Nicolas Sarkozy rushed to the school, ordering increased security at Jewish and Muslim buildings around Toulouse, while his prime minister ordered officials to "secure" all school and religious buildings in France.
A 30-year-old man and his 3-year-old and 6-year-old sons were killed in Monday's attack, just before classes started at the Ozar Hatorah school, a junior high and high school in a quiet residential neighborhood, Toulouse Prosecutor Michel Valet said. Witnesses said the man worked at the school.
Valet said another child, between 8 and 10 years old, was also killed, and a 17-year-old was seriously injured.
"He shot at everything he had in front of him, children and adults," he said. "The children were chased inside the school."
Sarkozy denounced "the savagery" of Monday's attack on a school, and vowed to find the killer or killers. "We will find him," he said.
Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told The Associated Press that the suspect in Monday's school shootings made his getaway on a dark-colored scooter — just as the assailant or assailants did in the two shootings last week.
The school targeted Monday, behind a high white wall with few external markings, was cordoned off by police, who then escorted other children out as forensics police combed the scene.
One officer held a distraught girl, her face in her hands. A mother and son wearing a yarmulke walked away from the site, their faces visibly pained. A video camera was visible at the school's entrance.
"The drama occurred a bit before 8 a.m. A man arrived in front of the school on a motorcycle or scooter," Valet said, adding that the man got off his scooter outside the school and opened fire.
The prosecutor said the suspect probably used two weapons, including one of a large caliber.
On March 10, a gunman on a motorbike shot and killed a paratrooper in Toulouse. Last Thursday, a gunman on a motorbike opened fire on three uniformed paratroopers at a bank machine in Montauban, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Toulouse, killing two and critically wounding the other.
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Toulouse.
Population : 800,000
Muslim pop.: 75,000.
Targets: *Jews and soldiers*.
Yes. Me too.
“Far right wing gunman” eh? I wonder if the police would even bother to report it if the gunman were screaming Allah Ackbar at the top of his lungs? I don’t have to wonder if the MSM wouldn’t.
my sympthy with the jews in France, increasingly victimized by islam. we should help them out of France.
KKKK, I’d prefer to help(deport) the muslims out of France as well as any other place they don’t deserve to reside.
Who is this evil nutbag murdering soldiers, a teacher and little children? I can’t wait for him to commit suicide by cop. What an evil, evil person!
RIP to those killed and deepest sympathy to their families.
The MSM in the UK, including the dhimmi BBC, are desperate for the murderer to be another “right-wing” Anders Behring Brevik. They rush to suggest a “racist” motive to link the murder of soldiers of North African and Caribbean origin (whose regiment recently returned from Afghanistan) with the murder of Jewish children, yet dismiss any consideration of an islamic jihad motive as being far too premature. A balanced view then. How long before Mossad is accused of carrying out a black op to provide a pre-election boost to Sarkozy?
My first instinct was to believe the perpetrator was a muslim. However it occurred to me, given the widespread coverage of this story that maybe it was not a muslim otherwise the incident would have be suppressed by the media outside France.
How would the whorish French people like it if Jews started ARMING THEMSELVES and have “nervous” trigger fingers?
Imagine if this happened at a mosque and the Imam was among the victims?
The MOBS would be going nuts all over Dar Al-Islam and in Europe as well.
@ Laura
An incident?! A killer armed with 2 guns shoots everything that moves in front of a Jewish school, then follows some kids inside the school to kill more – one report mentions he even pulled one of the kids who tried to escape by his hair before shooting him through the head. Some “incident”, indeed!
Whether inside or outside France, the media, as usual, will manipulate the truth to fit into their own agenda. What a rotten world!
The first 8 comments are the words of fools. If you have enemies that want to kill you, arm yourself and shoot back. Try it, it works. I’ve tried it and it works. The Jews continue to be a victim of their own religion and its views on force and violence. And no, I’m not Jewish. Just tired of their limp wristed behavior.
This evil treacherous jihad lover and thoroughly ugly wretch (inside and out) should be booted, pronto. Come on Sarkozy, do the honourable thing, boot this disgusting biatch (Catherine Ashton) out. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4205132,00.html
THe same gun was used in a prior incident to kill two MUSLIM French army men. Guess Pam didn’t think that was worth reporting. . .
“THe same gun was used in a prior incident to kill two MUSLIM French army men”
…and how would that exclude a Muslim perpetrator?
“President Nicolas Sarkozy rushed to the school, ordering increased security at Jewish and Muslim buildings around Toulouse…”
They have not identified a suspect but they think the killer hates both Muslims and Jews. Would a Muslim soldier of France be considered an apostate? This story is political; the press tries to link Sarkozy with “far-right” Le Pen.
@Jon Philip
So muslimes don’t kill muslimes eh?
I hope that’s not true Jon Philip. It looks like Neo Nazis did that. Terrorists would kill Muslims who joined non-Muslim armies though. But this looks like Neo-Nazis, a few skinhead scumbags by the look of it – Neo-Nazis: SOCIALISTS note.
Pam is probably horrified at the targeting of Jews.
@David Howard
Not only do you NOT know basic arithmatic but you also do NOT know how to READ!
I feel sorry for the victims’ family. Yeshivas and synagogues will have to armed fortresses in our new islamic future.
This sounds very similar to the islamonazi terrorism I’ve read about somewhere in S.E. Asia where the muslo-nazi pigs were using moped type vehicles to facilitate their slaughter.
This might very well be part of the Iranian offensive to target Jewish and Israeli targets around the world. The Mullahs, with their savage paramilitaries, have no trouble killing other Iranians. I strongly suspect it is the new campaign to strike at Jewish and Israeli interests around the world. This is not likely to stop anytime soon. I expect it to come to the western hemisphere.
I find it hard to believe the French will protect their Jews, they don’t seem to be much good at anything that is mechanical, highly technological, or involves a great deal of complex planning and ingenuity, particularly when it might involve military or security systems.
What are they going to do? Put mini-Maginot lines around each Jewish school, synagogue and business and play accordions?
On Harrys Place, there is a thread titled: “Unbelievable: Baroness Ashton on Toulouse” – I note the bungling, well known ‘islamist’ and defender of terrorists, Inyat Bunglawala – just minutes after the thread opened, he dives in defending Ashton’s disgusting comments. No surprises there then.
http://hurryupharry.org/2012/03/20/unbelievable-baroness-ashton-on-toulouse/
oops Inayat not Inyat
Jon Philip was anxious for the killer to be anything but a Muslim, mostly hoping it would be a “right wing” nut. Jon Philip will brush this disappointment off and get back to hating the wrong people.
There is a wide spectrum of what I can only describe as, ‘mentally deranged’ people/tools, who keep apologising for and appeasing this sick and evil cult – they too have blood dripping from their hands. One evil feeding another. They disgust me. I hope one day you will get your comeuppances for helping to propagate this evil.
It’s obvious that this man wasn’t psychologically tested before his gun was handed to him. Or maybe he just bought it from the black market.