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3/24/12

France insists no evidence ties gunman to militant groups

French authorities on Friday rejected charges that intelligence failures allowed a young man to kill seven people, insisting there was no evidence he was anything but a lone wolf with no ties to Al Qaeda.

Prime Minister Francois Fillon said security officials had known Mohamed Merah, who died in a hail of police bullets, had visited Afghanistan, but said there was no reason to suspect he was planning attacks.

The intelligence services “did their job perfectly well. They identified Mohamed Merah when he made his trips,” he told French radio.

For more: France insists no evidence ties gunman to militant groups | World | DAWN.COM

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