Four people are shot dead with the same weapon, but detectives think two gunmen may be involved

Elite French police arrested 10 suspected Islamists in early morning raids today in several cities, including Marseille, a police source said.

A group of Islamic radicals have been charged with planning to kidnap a French judge.

French police arrested 17 suspected Islamist extremists in a series of dawn raids across the country yesterday, a week after the death of the Toulouse killer Mohamed Merah.

The Islamist gunman who killed seven people before being shot dead by police was buried in Toulouse yesterday after the city's mayor dropped a refusal to permit the ceremony.

The gunman, Mohamed Merah, who killed seven people in three separate attacks in southern France, has been buried in a town near Toulouse, the BBC reported tonight.

Media reports point to close relationship with French security service despite official denial

The mother of the man accused of killing seven people in a gun rampage in France is set to be released, while his brother has been transferred in police custody to Paris, an official said today.

Serial killer shot as he leapt from window firing weapon

Mohamed Merah, the man suspected of the Toulouse killings, had been on a French security service "watch list" since 2008. He and his older brother, Abdelkader, have been on a list of possible suspects since the first in a series of three attacks and seven killings in eight days.

'Scooter assassin' tells police he targeted children out of frustration after failing to find soldier he planned to kill

Riot police set off explosions outside an apartment building early this morning in an effort to force the surrender of a gunman who boasted of bringing France "to its knees" with an al-Qai'da-linked terror spree that killed seven people.

Thousands of French police were today hunting for the Jewish school killer described by the country's president as "a monster on the loose".

One of the biggest manhunts in French history was under way last night after a gunman attacked a Jewish school in Toulouse and coldly murdered a teacher and three small children at point-blank range.