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15. Other people are still in the building; earlier explosion was not significant

Wed Mar 21, 2012, 05:12 AM

Mar 2012

09.04 A loud blast heard at the scene was apparently caused by police blowing up a car near the building which is under siege. AFP reports:

Quote A police source explained that it was only the blowing up of a vehicle that was blocking access in the area.

09.00 The Telegraph's Fiona Govan reports from the scene that police want to evacuate the building of other residents and that coaches are arriving to ferry them away.

A man who lives in the flat upstairs from the suspect has called his father waiting outside the police cordon. "He is terrified. He woke up to sounds of gunfire and some sort of grenade. Since then little has happened. Building is in lock down and residents can't leave. My son is scared suspect is going to blow the place up."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/9157126/Toulouse-siege-live.html

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Allez Toulouse police! amandabeech Mar 2012 #1

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BBC was reporting that it was two brothers with ties JCMach1 Mar 2012 #3

Oh Jesus. geek tragedy Mar 2012 #4

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He had been arrested in Kandahar muriel_volestrangler Mar 2012 #8

I think you are right... response to French troops in Afghanistan JCMach1 Mar 2012 #10

strange... joe liberst Mar 2012 #26

When the other shit starts coming down... JCMach1 Mar 2012 #29

Thanks for the additional information. Behind the Aegis Mar 2012 #12

Initial reports speculated that shooter was a white supremacist alp227 Mar 2012 #5

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One gun thrown out; explosion heard, according to BBC live updates muriel_volestrangler Mar 2012 #9

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Interesting. So, the "new" anti-Semitism makes another appearance. Behind the Aegis Mar 2012 #13

French gunman to give himself up "this afternoon" dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #14

Other people are still in the building; earlier explosion was not significant muriel_volestrangler Mar 2012 #15

French shooting suspect had escaped from Afghan prison - or maybe not muriel_volestrangler Mar 2012 #16

He apparently made a call to France 24 before the police operation started muriel_volestrangler Mar 2012 #17

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So, apart from this guy's (already known to police) own statements to the media, apparently, Ghost Dog Mar 2012 #24

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Reuters now reporting he was in jail in France, not Afghanistan suffragette Mar 2012 #31

Arrest now denied muriel_volestrangler Mar 2012 #19

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This analysis turns out to be off-base, doesn't it? oberliner Mar 2012 #23

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French intelligence messed up. nt ellisonz Mar 2012 #25

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