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Monday, March 19, 2012

At least four killed in shooting at Jewish school in France



Three students and rabbi reported killed after man fires at Ozar Hatorah school in the southern city of Toulouse.

At least four people were killed and five others wounded in a shooting at a Jewish high school in the southern French city of Toulouse, French media reported on Monday.

According to reports, a man riding a motorcycle opened fire on the Ozar Hatorah school at around 8:00 A.M when the children were preparing to enter the school. The shooter then abandoned the motorcycle, entered the school and began shooting at the students and faculty, killing at least three students, one adult, and wounded five other students. The adult killed was reported to be the head rabbi of the school.

Police reports also said that the daughter of the principal of the Ozar Hatorah school was one of those killed.

French police said that the man opened fire with an automatic pistol of the same kind that was seen at two previous attacks on soldiers in Toulouse and the nearby town of Montauban, the report said.Three soldiers died in the two incidents and one was seriously wounded.

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