So easy Fire in gas
he will be knocked out or come out.
They enter with masks on.

...I don't think this will still be going on tomorrow..whatever they have planned, hopefully it will be tonight

Probably against his human rights, or some bollocks like that

Maybe they are more worried about the potential for him to have a lot of explosives in there,that he could detonate at any moment if he chose to do so, in order to take some cops with him into martyrdom.

No it is not
he has fired from that home at police.


Its Legal to Fire in Gas now

Yes
so clear the area well back
Fire in the Gas in big amounts,
If he Goes up in his own Bombs
its his own Evil Plan.

Yeah I do suppose there's a lot of aspects they'd need to consider before they went barging in. Just seems that they'd have thought of something by now...

...I wonder if they've switched off the lighting..they would have night vision I presume...maybe they're at stalemate if they suspect he has explosives...that's why they're trying to negotiate

We're all just speculating, as none of us know what the hell id going on anyway. I'd hope they have plans A, B & C lined up regardless. With things like this, you normally have a massive stand off for a while, then all of a sudden it'll kick off for a few minutes, then it will all thankfully be over.

I thought he was arrested at 1.30 pm?

At last
the Special police are going in.


They have Cut the Power

23.05 AFP is suggesting that the first explosion may have been the police breaching the apartment while the other two may have been stun grenades hurled into the room. It's been about 20 minutes since the explosions and no reports of gunfire since then.

23.00 No fresh explosions or bangs reported. Not clear whether Merah is attempting to repulse the RAID officers or if he may agree to go peacefully. Police said he earlier that he didn't appear prepared to die for the cause but rather wanted to be a living symbol.

22.55 This siege began at 3am local time. Just under 21 hours later the police have given up on negotiations and are storming the building.

I hope he is Dead

So I wonder is he Alive or Dead?

does it matter?...

Yes
he must be killed

suppose not really but if they could get info out of him it might

The explosions were to apparently intimidate the and the assault has not yet started

That killer guy has noting toulouse.

:shocked::joker:

Arista..you make me laugh you know, you get so irate about some things and then the next you are obsessing over 'come dine with me'.....

2350: Le Monde's Soren Seelow tweets that things have returned to calm, and that some sources suggest negotiations between the suspect and the police have resumed.

French police have reportedly stormed the house of Mohammed Merah, the suspect in a series of shootings in the south-west region of France, which left seven people dead.

Three explosions were heard close to the block of flats where the man has been holed up for more than 20 hours. The blasts reportedly blew out the doors at the front of the apartment.

However, a conflicting report from the French Interior Ministry said that the explosions were simply an "intimidation tactic" and that an assault is not underway.

The man is believed to still be inside the building.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012...pLid%3D101342#

BBC News...unconfirmed reports that he's dead