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| map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Toulouse and Montauban, France | location = Midi-Pyrénées region, France: * Toulouse * Montauban | target = French soldiers and Jewish civilians | coordinates = | date = – | time = | timezone = | type = Spree shooting, school shooting, siege | fatalities = 8 (including the perpetrator) | injuries = 5 | perp = Mohammed Merah | motive = Antisemitism, extremist Islamic beliefs | weapons = * Three Colt 45s * AK-47 assault rifle * Uzi submachine gun * Sten submachine gun * Winchester 12 gauge pump-action shotgun * 9mm Glock pistol * Colt Python .357 Magnum revolver * Numerous other firearms }} The Toulouse and Montauban shootings were a series of three gun attacks targeting French soldiers and Jewish civilians in the cities of Montauban and Toulouse in the Midi-Pyrénées region of France in March 2012.〔 In total, seven people were killed, and five others were injured, four seriously. The perpetrator was shot and killed after a 30-hour siege with police. The first attack occurred on 11 March, when a Muslim French paratrooper was shot dead in Toulouse. A second attack on 15 March killed two uniformed soldiers, also Muslim French, and seriously injured another in a shopping centre in Montauban. On 19 March, four people, including three children, were killed at the Ozar Hatorah Jewish day school. Thereafter, the ''Vigipirate'', France's terror alert system, was raised to its highest level in the Midi-Pyrénées region and surrounding departements.〔("France on highest terror alert in shooting region" ) CBS News〕 The United Nations,〔 many governments around the world, and the French Council of the Muslim Faith condemned the attacks.〔 The perpetrator was identified as Mohammed Merah, a 23-year-old〔http://www.zinfos974.com/Alger-refuse-d-accueillir-la-depouille-de-Merah-il-sera-enterre-a-Toulouse_a39683.html〕 French petty criminal, of Algerian descent.〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Authorities Helpless to Prevent Lone Wolf Attacks )〕〔 Merah attacked French Army personnel reportedly because of its involvement in the war in Afghanistan. Merah admitted antisemitic motivations,〔 and said he attacked the Jewish school because "The Jews kill our brothers and sisters in Palestine."〔(What are the real lessons to be learned from the Toulouse killings? ). The Telegraph. Retrieved 10 April 2012.〕〔 Merah was raised in an "atmosphere of racism and hatred",〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=How my hate-filled family spawned Merah the monster )〕 and French investigators believe that Merah turned to Salafism in prison and his radicalization increased after two journeys he made to Afghanistan and Pakistan.〔 Some sources have also cited Merah's familial connections to Al Qaeda and his history of psychological issues〔 as factors in the shootings.〔 Merah said he was a ''mujaheed'' and claimed ties to the terrorist group al-Qaeda, though this has been denied by French authorities.〔(No evidence French gunman had ties to Al Qaeda, official says ). Fox News. Retrieved 23 March 2012.〕 President Sarkozy described the attack as isolated. The police investigation suggested that he was not working alone and had made more than 1,800 calls to over 180 contacts in 20 different countries, in addition to several trips to the Middle East and Afghanistan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Mohamed Merah, un loup pas si solitaire )〕 ==Attacks== The shootings were connected and were perpetrated by Mohammed Merah (see below). The authorities determined that all of the attacks involved the same weapon, a .45 pistol.〔 In all three attacks, the helmeted shooter arrived and left on the same stolen scooter.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Toulouse and Montauban shootings」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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