Jewish institutions around the world are stepping up security after a
gunman killed four- 3 of them children- at a Jewish school in the
southwestern French city of Toulouse. Initial investigations suggest
that the gun used in the attack was the same gun used to murder two
French paratroopers last week, and was apparently used in a similar
way. Four days ago, two paratroopers were killed in nearby Montauban,
and another paratrooper was killed eight days ago in Toulouse. The
dead and injured were all of North African and Caribbean origin. The
fact that some of the soldiers were of North African descent led
French police to investigate the possibility that the perpetrators of
Monday's attack were former soldiers who are members of a Neo-Nazi
group. Another possibility being investigated is that a radical
Islamic group is responsible for the attack, yet as of Monday night no
organization has claimed responsibility.