The standoff between a suspected serial killer and French police is still continuing in Toulouse.<br /><br />At the centre of the siege is Mohammed Merah, a 24-year-old French citizen of Algerian descent, who has been linked to bombings in Afghanistan.<br /><br />Hundreds of police surrounded an apartment block in Toulouse after three officers were injured in a pre-dawn shootout. Merah is suspected of killing three soldiers, three children and a teacher in three separate incidents.<br /><br />The siege is close to the Jewish school where the children were shot dead.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Jackie Rowland reports from Toulouse, southern France.
