Siege gunman’s brother charged over murders
An official from the prosecutor’s office says the preliminary charges were handed to Abdelkader Merah yesterday.
He is suspected of complicity in murders and thefts and involvement in a terrorist enterprise.
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Merah’s younger brother Mohamed was shot dead by police after a 32-hour siege at his apartment in Toulouse on Thursday after claiming responsibility for killing three Jewish schoolchildren, a rabbi and three paratroopers.
The brother’s girlfriend, Yamina Mesbah, was released early yesterday without charge.