This screengrab from France 2 television shows an image of Mohammed Merah. The video was reportedly filmed by Merah's friends a year and a half ago in the suburbs of Toulouse.
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This screengrab from France 2 television shows an image of Mohammed Merah.
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French policemen and firefighters stand as members of the RAID special police forces unit are still laying siege to the apartment block where Mohamed Merah, the man suspected of a series of deadly shootings, was holed up, on March 22, 2012 in Toulouse, southwestern France.
- [LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images]

French policemen stand as members of the RAID special police forces unit are still laying siege to the apartment block where Mohamed Merah, the man suspected of a series of deadly shootings, was holed up, on March 22, 2012 in Toulouse, southwestern France.
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Journalists wait as French policemen and firefighters and members of the RAID special police forces unit are still laying siege to the apartment block where Mohamed Merah, the man suspected of a series of deadly shootings, was holed up, on March 22, 2012 in Toulouse, southwestern France.
- [LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images]

Members of GIPN van (French National Police Intervention Group), and firefighters stand near the Belle Paule residence, as members of the RAID special police forces unit are still laying siege to the apartment block where Mohamed Merah, the man suspected of a series of deadly shootings, was holed up, on March 22, 2012 in Toulouse, southwestern France.
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France's Interior Minister Claude Gueant (2ndR) salutes members of the RAID special police forces unit, as they are still laying siege to the apartment block where Mohamed Merah, the man suspected of a series of deadly shootings, was holed up, on March 22, 2012 in Toulouse, southwestern France.
- [PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images]