Monday, March 19, 2012

French School Shooting: Jonathan Sandler and his two Sons among the dead



A teacher and three children have been killed in a shooting outside a Jewish school in France in the third attack by a gunman riding a motorbike this month.

The shooter, who had at least two weapons, opened fire at the Ozar Hatorah school in Jolimont, Toulouse, at just after 8am as pupils were arriving.

A religious education teacher, aged 30, and his two sons, aged three and six, were all killed. The 10-year-old daughter of the director at the school also died and a 17-year-old boy was seriously injured.

The teacher has been named by his family as Jonathan Sanders, an Israeli-French dual citizen originally from Jerusalem who moved to France last September.

After two similar shootings in recent days, there are fears a serial killer may be on the loose. French prosecutors are studying possible terrorist links but any potential motive remains unclear. Read More