A rabbi, his two children, and a third child were killed outside the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school in Toulouse, France. The attacker fled on a black scooter and has not been identified yet. Several other children were seriously injured, and those who have died have all been under 10 years old. Residents of Toulouse say the school is the centre of the local Jewish community, and the chief rabbi of France, Gilles Bernheim, said we was bruised in his body and soul. French President Nicolas Sarkozy came immediately to Toulouse as authorities search for the killer. The Israeli Foreign Ministry responded by expressing outrage at the killings and has immediately called for security to be increased at all Jewish schools in Europe. A member of the European Jewish Parliament representing France, Yael Malka, said the French Jewish community was in a state of shock following the killings. The motive for the murders is still unclear, but a similar attack was carried out several days before.! Two French soldiers were killed by a man who also escaped on a scooter. Some fear that a terror group may be operating in southern France.
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