At a campaign rally in Strasbourg French President Nicolas Sarkozy says the recent shootings in Toulouse are the crimes of a quote "monster and fanatic."<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (French) FRENCH PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY, SAYING:<br/> <br />"I would like to say that these crimes are not the crimes of a mad person. Because a mad person is irresponsible. These crimes are those of a monster and a fanatic.<br/> <br />He says France is not to blame.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (French) FRENCH PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY, SAYING:<br/> <br />No, France is not guilty, no, there isn't an environment in France that could explain these crimes because these crimes are inexplicable and inexcusable."<br/> <br />The shootings of French soldiers, Jewish schoolchildren and a rabbi by a home-grown Islamist gunman killed by police has upended France's presidential election campaign and resurrected conservative Sarkozy's prospects.<br/> <br />Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters.
