Gunman Merah buried in Toulouse after funeral row

2012-03-29 16

His funeral was never going to be straightforward.

Algeria did not want the body of Mohamed Merah.

Then the Mayor of Toulouse urged a delay in plans to lay him to rest there, the city being the scene of the 23-year-old's self-confessed killing spree.

But a deal was finally reached and a funeral took place late on Thursday at a cemetery on the outskirts of the city.

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