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France 2 via Reuters
This undated frame grab from a video broadcast Wednesday by French national television station France 2 purports to show Mohamed Merah, the suspect in the killing of three paratroopers, three children and a rabbi.
PARIS -- An autopsy on the body of Mohamed Merah, the suspect in the shooting spree in the city of Toulouse, shows he was hit by some 20 bullets, The Associated Press reported.
Judicial and police officials said Friday that a bullet wound to the left temple and another to the abdomen of Merah, 23, were fatal, the AP said. But the officials said he had 20 wounds, mainly to the arms and legs. The AP said the officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss the case publicly.
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Merah, who claimed al-Qaida ties, was suspected of kiling seven people in three attacks -- in fact, during a 32-hour standoff, he told negotiators that he was responsible, police said. He died Thursday in a gunfight with police who said they fired in self-defense.
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A fitting end. May he never rest in peace.
Hope he felt every shot all 20 to the end..that's what they call French target practice (using a POS as the target)!
Just a peace loving people> NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Guess the French police just wanted to make sure that he was "too heavy" to run off!! LOL!!!
Quick! Somebody call Al Sharpton!
Ummmm....good?
Muslim, cowardly scum...too bad those twenty bullets didn't hit him a week ago!
shut up moron
Figures the French would F it up. In America the average senior center would have done that. In America he would have been hit so many times you would have to use a shovel and a five gallon pail to pick up that POS Muslim's carcass. Now they should feed him to the truffle pigs.
In his photo it looks like he just got through blowing something up...judging by the smoke in the background and @!$%#-eating smile on his face.
I love the fact that they said they wanted to take him alive. They must have been surprised that he didn't survive the 20 bullets. Good riddence to him.
Who put the 20 bullets into him"
Answer: 276 French snipers.
...mainly to the arms and legs. Maybe his hands were in his pockets.
Good riddance, he was a coward a pethetic back stabber that murdered women and children.
The way of Islam.
Yes, the USA never murders innocent women and children. Nevermind that staff Sargent in Afghanistan. That was different,how? The israelis have been killing them for over 50 yrs. but thats different?
i hate scumbag occupy wall street, liberal, America haters more than i hate muslim terrorists
What Would Reagan Do?
I am reading your news from france... by the way, your hate is as nasty as this guy killed by our police... You and and the religious right is a danger to america's democracy ! You want your country back ?? Then, ride a mule, not a car !
Liberal and very proud of it !!! Liberal means freedom and progress !
Right wingers brings nothing good to societies, NOTHING !! You have low intellect, are totally uneducated, and the dummest people on earth. You do not belong in a democracy but in countries like muslim countries ! You are freedom haters just like muslims !
By the way, your country is in a huge mess, poverty rate is outrageouly high because of Reagan, stupid ! 20 years of gop rule did it !
poodle@!$%#, You're a french whore...Your weak country was saved twice by mine because you couldn't defend yourself. Do a little research about American History before you sound off and sound silly. Reagan has been out of office nearly 23 years. We've had both Republican and Democrat presidents since...8 years of Clinton. We rely on Congress here too. We've had both Republican and Democrat controlled congress over the years as well. Our problems started in 2006 when Bush was in office and the The Congress got turned over to the Democrats. Bush was in 0ffice for 6 years at that point. There is your history lesson You pig. Your country is useless and we will take our country back from from the socialist like yourself and other Europeans. You call yourself a good liberal but bash Muslims twice while talking to me. I don't care what your definition of liberal is, to me you're a stinky c***.
hi
See the video of his home- go to http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4207011,oo.html and you'll see Merah's illegal,unlicensed cache of weapons- 1 Uzi,1 submachine gun,2 Kalashnikovs,4 handguns- France has the strictest gun laws and gun owners cannot have a criminal record(Merah had 15 criminal cases as a juvenile alone) and pass a psychiatric testing. Weapons worth over 10,000 euro,Merah was getting 500 euro/mo social subsidy- told police he committed burglariesx and other criminal endeavors to finance guns. French Intel,French police did not have a clue? Really? Israel arrested him with a knife in belongings 2010- French knew of that- Yanks sent him back from war area on a plane -French didn't pick up on that? Merah burst from his bathroom with guns blazing against the special forces (police swat)-tried to escape thru window+balcony while shooting - seriously injuring one (critical) and 2w others when a sharpshooter shot him in head- fell down-found dead on ground. Merah has been a known criminal from juvenile to adult criminality- violence included and French didn't have a clue?
Why in the heck did this Islamic "immigrant" even qualify for social subsidies ? France is PAYING for him to be there? That's messed up.
We do that here in the U.S. too; That's messed up as well.
See how good that gun control works libs?
Sounded like bad gun control to me. If not they would have hit the center of mass more than they did.
And would anyone possibly think that this scum bag muslim accumulated all these weapons, and made trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan for training and without any of the "peaceful, loving muslims" knowing about it? His parents didn't know? Friends didn't know? His imam didn't know? And where the hell did this slime get all the money? The answer of course is that nearly all of them knew, and many of them participated in one way or another. Every muslim is as guilty as this scum bag...every single one...
Another product of Islam...... -_-
Yes...another in the never ending string of products of islam....But also a product of French fear of offending anyone, most especially the muslims who have nearly destroyed one of the most beautiful countries in the world. And an example to the USA which is following the same path! Stop the worries about offending these muslim killers and the hate filled culture of islam, get serious, get rid of this scourge of the earth. Don't wait until these muslim cowards kill and kill again.
Not enough.
"terrorist shot 20 times by French police" - nice shooting!
another one bite the dust.
Only 20 hits, must be the French are still accepting to the Islamic religion of peace followers
I love the idea that a lot of the hits were not fatal, perhaps he could think for a while about his virgins!
it's so unfair; one worthless Muslim life for 7 normal peoples lives? thank goodness Muslims enjoy slaughtering each other too
Good job..DRT.....
Those who live by the sword shall die by the sword. Glad he really did choke on his own blood. Hell has a special place for him!
This punk was just a deranged thug. His parents did not know how to raise him and he just became more mental as time went by. I don't know why the media kept playing him up as some master criminal "trained by al-Quida". Seriously, what kind of training could they actually provide? I've seen videos of guys in their pajama's jumping over obstacles in some dusty hills with an AK-47. That's terror training? Good work, French police. The 20 rounds he took shows good restraint on their part considering what he did.
Another piece of @!$%# radical Muslim is dead; good riddance. May he burn in hell for eternity.
good they should have used bullets soaked in PIGS BLOOD to take out this piece of garbage, and I agree another worthless F muslim dead.
My opinion of the French just came up 1000%. Good job, and good shooting, Gendarmes!
Mossad would have taken him alive; SEALs would have killed him with a single shot. The French dithered and then lost a chance to question him about Pakistan and other training sites. Now the French have a reason to investigate security. Want to bet they never do? Sloppy cop work from start to finish.
They cant investigate further. It might offend muslims..
Now they need to wrap him in a pig skin and bury him face down in sewage with his feet facing Mecca.
Religion ,what a waste of time. Beliving in something you have no proof of. That happened thousands of years ago. But try to justify the truth that happened just 100 yrs ago? They will tell you your wrong because the proof is qestionable? Believe the crap from thousands of years ago but question the present when it stares you in the face. This world is f^&ked up.
1% why don't you keep your religion comments to yourself. People don't like when you shove religion down their throats, nor do they like to hear athiest liberals shove their non beliefs down their throat...we don't care what you believe in or don't believe in because you just don't matter.
NYPD put 41 bullets in an unarmed man. The French Police elite tactical squad only hit him 20 times and he jumped out a window at them armed.
Now I know why the French never join any NATO involved actions.
I hope they didn't violate his civil rights.
I'm glad he's dead. Good riddance. For those of you who think all Muslims are evil, I will remind you of the many million muslims who are not extremists, who do not kill non-muslims or preach hate. I will remind you that while they are the terrorists du jour at the moment, the only terrorist organizations in the late 40s through early 60s were all Christian extremist hate groups killing anyone with a tan. Both can site ancient holy books and warp them to their cause. Not all Christians are evil haters anymore than all Muslims.
Hardliner fundamentalists should be watched regardless of what they are fundamentalist about. When there is an absence of true logic, thought, and knowledge and a plethora of dogma, and intolerance...this is the result. I am a non-theist. Do I think no religion is the answer? No actually. Because people like this will find a reason to justify their hate one way or the other, they're just looking around for a group that will accept them and tell them where to aim. Religion is just the easiest thing to divide us....don't forget there's languages, colors, heights, abilities, genders, ages, sexuality, and economy we can still hate each other over.
Florida: Basically all forms of religion have a intrinsic pattern of acceptance towards violence, when and if needed, the Bible, Torah and Quran are no exceptions. The problem is that Islam has a more far reaching agenda and leaves no doubt in it's method to obtain it. If you have read the Quran or any part of it you would be fully aware of it's intentions, they are not just words! Islam isn't a go to Church on Sunday practice, it's 5 times daily (reinforcement), you're never far away from the WORD of Allah and it's strict form of punishment (Sharai Law) for non-compliance and that hasn't changed since it's inception. You may wonder how the Quran, which states killing of "women and children" is forbidden but as you read further you'll find "unless it is a accident or unintentional" which is subject to interpretation, how else do you think these Jihadist escape retribution? They are told they are making a statement for "Allah" and the killings are "unintentional" collateral damage, that way they still get 72 virgins and a place in heaven (full benefits). To continue on, the Quran makes it perfectly clear if you are not Islamic you are a "Infidel" and NOT worthy of existence, do no befriend, lie to, kill when ever possible! Ever wonder why the Muslim community doesn't openly express condemnation of these violent acts of terror? How do you condemn a "Martyr" and go against the Quran and "Allah's" word??, not to happen! There's a billion+ Muslims and surely not all are involved in terrorist acts but their silence is deafening which leads to why?? They are all fully aware of the purpose of Islam and it's teachings and are waiting, just waiting until "they" become empowered to make the changes illustrated in the Quran, just like the Christians are waiting for the "Rapture and end of the world"...All of them are NUTS and dangerous, religion what a plight on mankind!!!!!!!!!!...
jdarizona, I certainly see where you are coming from, but I don't necessarily agree. I remember after 9/11 the amount of hatred shown towards other Americans of the Muslim faith and groups WERE denouncing the attacks.
There are literally over 1 billion people of the Islamic faith and terrorists are a pretty narrow sampling to be taking. It is taking the most ignorant and hate filled hardliners and attributing their acts to every other person of that faith. It's just too much of a stretch for me. I have not read the Quran so I am unable to quote passages, but I have read the Bible and you want to talk about some basis for hate against those who don't agree with you, it's all there. ie I think you would agree that most people who state they are Christian will not slay their coworker if they work on the sabbath, but according to Exodus 35:2, they would be within cannon law to do so. Taking the words of books written in the stone age and asking people to be responsible for what is in them (even when it is a religious text) is absurd. If some of our most extreme right wingers have their way, this country could be headed toward it if they beat down the separation between church and state.
I understand in much of the middle east, there is no religious freedom. The Sharia law is the only law. It would be the equivalent of allowing an evangelical wing of the skinheads to run our country. There it is not the "problem" of Islam, but the interpretations by those who are in power. It is more of a political issue than that of a religion. In western countries, those who practice the Muslim faith tend not to be terrorists. They wish for freedom like we all do. You have to ask yourself if they hate pluralism so much, why not move to a country run for and by Muslims?
Like I said, I am a non-theist and certainly not a religious scholar. I think in general that believing in fairy tales as an adult is dysfunctional at best and a scapegoat at it's worst. I just don't think generalizing about people is such a good idea....especially when there are so many reasons to hate others based on their individual traits :D
*bronze age...my bad