 Sydney Morning Herald | French police launch assault on besieged gunman Reuters The 23-year-old Muslim shooter has been bottled up by France's elite RAID commandos since 3 am (10.00 pm EDT) inside a five-storey building in a suburb of Toulouse - a drama that has gripped France a few weeks ahead of a close-fought presidential ... Nicolas Sarkozy is on firmer electoral ground talking about law and order ... Gunman dies in hail of bullets as French siege ends Toulouse Murders Color France's Presidential Election Campaign |