Mohammed Merah committed the 2012 Midi-Pyrénées shootings, which included the killings of three soldiers in two separate attacks, as well as an attack on the Ozar Hatorah Jewish day school, which left four dead, three of whom were children. He was a French citizen of Algerian ... Explore this topic

The 2012 Midi-Pyrénées shootings are a series of shooting attacks in and around the French city of Toulouse. The first attack occurred in Toulouse on March 11 when an off-duty soldier was killed, then another two uniformed soldiers were shot in Montauban on March 15. On March ... Explore this topic

Algeria, officially The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in North Africa on the Mediterranean coast. Its capital and most populous city is Algiers. Algeria is a semi presidential republic, it consists of 48 provinces and 1541 communes. With a population ex... Explore this topic

Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. It lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 150 kilometers from the Mediterranean Sea and 300 from the Atlantic Ocean, and 590 km away from Paris. With 1,202,889 inhabitants as of 1 January 2008, the Tou... Explore this topic

France, officially the French Republic, is a unitary semi-presidential republic located mostly in Western Europe, with several overseas regions and territories. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine ... Explore this topic

Abdelkader Merah is the brother of Mohammed Merah, who died in March 2012 after killing seven people, including three children, in a series of gun attacks in and around Toulouse. Abdelkader was arrested by police under suspicion of helping his brother, but denies the allegatio... Explore this topic

The 2012 Ozar Hatorah Toulouse shooting occurred on 19 March 2012 at the Ozar Hatorah Jewish day school in Toulouse, France. At least four people were killed, including three children, when a gunman riding on a motorcycle opened fire on a drop-off point for students and staff Explore this topic

Burial or interment is the ritual act of placing a dead person or animal, and/or objects into the ground. This is accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing the deceased or the object in it, and covering it over. Explore this topic

Shooting is the act or process of firing firearms or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets, and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman. Shooting can take place in a shooting range ... Explore this topic

A funeral is a ceremony for celebrating, respecting, sanctifying, or remembering the life of a person who has died. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from interment itself, to various monuments, prayers, and ... Explore this topic