France: Siege gunman shot in head by police

The gunman who claimed responsibility for a radical Islam-inspired killing spree was shot in the head by police, officials say.

The gunman who claimed responsibility for a radical Islam-inspired killing spree was shot in the head by police, officials say.

And Mohamed Merah, a 23-year-old Frenchman of Algerian origin, filmed all three of his attacks that killed three Jewish schoolchildren, a rabbi and three paratroopers.

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