Murders in the Midi-Pyrénées
A ghastly killing spree interrupts the presidential campaign
Mar 24th 2012 | PARIS
| from the print edition
The Economist
AFTER a 32-hour siege, in which a heavily armed police squad
surrounded his house in Toulouse, Mohammed Merah, who is suspected of killing
four adults and three children in a series of terror attacks in south-west
France, died when police stormed the building on March 22nd. The news capped
days of drama that rocked the country and—temporarily—put its presidential
election campaign on hold.