Suspected Merah accomplices arrested in Toulouse

Two men detained on suspicion of involvement in March 2012 murderous attack on Jewish school

Police officers outside the Toulouse school in March 2012 (photo credit: AP/Bruno Martin)
Police officers outside the Toulouse school in March 2012 (photo credit: AP/Bruno Martin)

JTA — Two men suspected of being accomplices of Islamist terrorist Mohammed Merah were arrested Tuesday near Toulouse.

Investigators believe the men helped plan a series of deadly attacks in March 2012. One of the suspects was released on Wednesday; the second remained in custody on Thursday.

Merah, a 23-year-old radical Muslim, killed a rabbi and three children in an attack on the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school, now called Ohr Hatorah, on March 19, 2012. The slayings came a few days after Merah gunned down three French soldiers in two drive-by shootings from a scooter near Toulouse. He was shot dead on March 22 during a standoff with police.

French police have arrested and released several people and questioned dozens in connection with the shootings.

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