Monday, March 19, 2012

Shooting at Ozar Hatorah school in Jolimont, Toulouse, France : Three Dead in Drive by Shooting

A gunman riding a motorbike opened fire outside a Jewish school in south west France, killing one adult and two children, according to police.

Police sources, cited by Reuters, said a fourth person was also injured in the attack at the Ozar Hatorah school in Jolimont, Toulouse.

One parent, Patrick Rouimi, told French news agency AFP that a man had opened fire on a group of people standing at a spot where children were picked up for the school.

The deadly attack comes days after three soldiers were killed in http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.giftwo separate shootings in the region. On both previous occasions, the gunman fled on a bike.

A major manhunt was launched following the earlier attacks, with between 50 and 60 police officers including anti-terrorist specialists working on the investigation.

Senior military officials have ordered troops based in the region not to wear their uniforms outside barracks.

Interior Minister Claude Gueant is already en route to the city to visit the scene of the latest shooting.

France, which has Europe's largest Jewish community, has also ordered that security be tightened around all French Jewish schools. Source