Police officers and firefighter stand next to an apartment building in Toulouse, France, early Thursday, March 22, 2012, where Mohamed Merah, a suspect in the shooting at he Ozar Hatorah Jewish school, had been holed up. French police prepared to storm the apartment building to arrest the gunman. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
Police officers and firefighter stand next to an apartment building in Toulouse, France, early Thursday, March 22, 2012, where Mohamed Merah, a suspect in the shooting at he Ozar Hatorah Jewish school, had been holed up. French police prepared to storm the apartment building to arrest the gunman. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
A woman speaks with a police officer near a building where the chief suspect in an al-Qaida-linked killing spree is holed up in an apartment in Toulouse, France Thursday March 22, 2012. Mohamed Merah France's chief suspect in the shooting of three Jewish schoolchildren, a rabbi, and three French paratroopers in three separate incidents wants to "die with weapons in his hands," the interior minister said Thursday, as a standoff between the gunman and hundreds of police entered a second day. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
Journalists stand at night next to an apartment building where Mohamed Merah, a suspect in the shooting at the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school, is still barricaded in Toulouse, southern France, Thursday, March 22, 2012. Riot police set off explosions outside the apartment building early Thursday in an effort to force the surrender of the gunman. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
This undated and unlocated frame grab provided Wednesday, March 21, 2012, by French TV station France 2 shows Mohammad Merah, the suspect in the killing of 3 paratroopers, 3 children and a rabbi in recent days in France. French police were preparing to storm an apartment building in Toulouse on Wednesday to arrest a holed-up gunman who is suspected in seven killings and claiming allegiance to al-Qaida, a top police official said.(AP Photo/France 2)
This undated and unlocated frame grab provided Wednesday, March 21, 2012, by French TV station France 2 shows the suspect in the killing of 3 paratroopers, 3 children and a rabbi in recent days, Mohamed Merah. French police were preparing to storm an apartment building in Toulouse on Wednesday to arrest a holed-up gunman who is suspected in seven killings and claiming allegiance to al-Qaida, a top police official said.(AP Photo/France 2)
TOULOUSE, France (AP) ? The French interior minister says the suspect a killing spree has died after jumping from his apartment window after police stormed his apartment following a 32 hour standoff.
Claude Gueant says the suspect, who claims links to al-Qaida, jumped after police entered the apartment and found him holed up in the bathroom. Police and the suspect exchanged fire before Mohamed Merah died.
Gueant says two policemen were injured.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
TOULOUSE, France (AP) ? The French interior minister says the suspect in a three-attack killing spree has died after jumping from his apartment window, arm in hand.
Claude Gueant says the suspect, who claims links to al-Qaida, jumped after police entered the apartment and found him holed up in the bathroom. Police and the suspect exchanged fire before Mohamed Merah died.
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