Toulouse shooter buried in France
The burial came after days of debate about what to do with the body of 23-year-old Mohamed Merah, a Frenchman of Algerian origin.
His Algerian-born father wanted him buried in Algeria, but authorities there refused the request.
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Merah, who espoused radical Islam and said he had links to al-Qaeda, was shot in the head last week after a stand-off with police in Toulouse.
Abdallah Zekri, of the French Muslim Council, said he was buried in the Muslim section of a cemetery in the Toulouse neighbourhood of Cornebarrieu. About 20 men attended the ceremony.