The series of killings in southern France has shocked the country, but it has also hijacked the presidential race one month ahead of the first round of voting.
With the lone killer shooting dead three children and an adult at a Jewish school in Toulouse on Monday morning, and a link being established with the murder of soldiers of Arab and French-Caribbean origin, everyone in France understands that the political stakes are high.
This is not a Columbine-style shooting, but a cold-blooded, well-planned targeting of minority groups: Arab, Jewish, black. But with no claim of responsibility or any clear indication of who is behind it.
The election campaign has apparently been suspended, but in reality it has merely continued in disguise – with one preoccupation in every candidate's mind: how not to make mistakes that might weigh heavily on polling day. Full story...
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With the lone killer shooting dead three children and an adult at a Jewish school in Toulouse on Monday morning, and a link being established with the murder of soldiers of Arab and French-Caribbean origin, everyone in France understands that the political stakes are high.
This is not a Columbine-style shooting, but a cold-blooded, well-planned targeting of minority groups: Arab, Jewish, black. But with no claim of responsibility or any clear indication of who is behind it.
The election campaign has apparently been suspended, but in reality it has merely continued in disguise – with one preoccupation in every candidate's mind: how not to make mistakes that might weigh heavily on polling day. Full story...
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