Merah was killed after police and special forces laid an almost 32-hour siege of his apartment in Toulouse, after his armed attacks on a Jewish school and killing of army personnel outside their barracks on March 15.
During the siege, the terrorist had long chats with the policemen surrounding his house and contacts with them over the phone, which were recorded and are now part of the judicial dossier.
Merah told the police that he had dropped the plan to attack the Indian mission due to difficulty of the enterprise. He told police that he had attended jihad camps in Pakistan and undergone Al Qaeda training.
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