French shooting suspect surrounded by police

Updated: 2012-03-21 17:18

(Xinhua)

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TOULOUSE - French police has surrounded the hideout of the main suspect in the series of deadly shootings in Toulouse and nearby Montauban, officials said Wednesday morning.

French shooting suspect surrounded by police

Emergency services trucks block a street during a raid on a house to arrest suspects in the killings of three children and a rabbi on Monday at a Jewish school, in Toulouse March 21, 2012. Two police officers were injured in a shoot-out during the raid according to a police source. [Photo/Agencies] 

The 24-year-old male suspect fired at police from a house where he was holing up alone and one officer was hurt during the exchange of gunshots, media reports said.

Interior Minister Claude Glean told reporters at the scene that the suspect's brother has been arrested.

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