French standoff ends with terror suspect shot in head

Thursday, March 22, 2012 | 9:07 p.m. CDT

TOULOUSE, France — Inspired by radical Islam and trained in Afghanistan, the gunman methodically killed French schoolchildren, a rabbi and paratroopers and faced down hundreds of police officers for 32 hours. Then he leapt out a window as he rained down gunfire and was fatally shot in the head.

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