Muslim killer of Jewish children earlier kidnapped a man and yelled 'Al Qaeda' but French police never charged him

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Update, 3/22/12, BBC, "Christian Etelin, a lawyer who has previously acted for Merah (the killer), said his client had violent tendencies.

"There was his religious engagement, an increasing hatred against the values of a democratic society and a desire to impose what he believes is truth," Mr Etelin said.

He also denied earlier reports that Merah had been jailed for explosives offensives in Afghanistan, saying his client was in jail in France for robbery with violence at the time - from December 2007 to September 2009."..."French gun suspect 'wants to die'," BBC
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3/21/12, "First picture: Al Qaeda fanatic suspected of killing seven people in Toulouse shootings," UK Daily Mail, Peter Allen

"SUSPECT 'KIDNAPPED MAN' AND THEN 'WALKED AROUND CITY WITH SWORD IN HIS HAND'

Suspected serial killer Mohammed Mera, who broke out of an Afghanistan jail in 2008 as part of a mass Taliban escape, once kidnapped another man, it has been reported.

A close family friend of the 24-year-old suspect told Le Parisien she knew him well while in the city's Izards housing estate.

The woman, Laela, said: 'He was well known to the police. Around two years ago he kidnapped a young person on the estate.

'I remember that the mother of the boy in question was wandering around the estate trying to find him.

'Finally, her son was freed. And I’m convinced then a complaint was lodged, and Mohammed was heard by investigating officers.'

Following the kidnapping, for which he was never charged, he is said to have 'crossed the estate in combat gear, with a sword in his hand shouting 'Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda!'.

Describing his family as 'charming people', Laela said: 'His mother finally left after divorcing her husband.'

This family split, she said, may have contributed to his slip into anti-social behaviour. But the main reason was Islamic fundamentalism.

She said: 'He was a normal kid who was radicalised. He had exchanges with people on the internet, but also frequently met other Islamists in the region.

'On the estate, he wanted to indoctrinate younger children. One day, for example, he grabbed my little nephew, and took him to a car where he showed him some horrible videos.

'There were scenes of decapitation, things going on in Afghanistan, or images showing the horror of the war.'"

Below, 8 year old Jewish girl murdered by Islamic killer.

"He entered the school and grabbed Miriam Monsonego as she was running. He grabbed her hair and fired at her body. As she bled out and slumped to the floor, he listed her head and fired two shots at her head from point blank range to make certain his Jewish victim would not survive." via Atlas Shrugs

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