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A 23 year old car body worker by profession, Mohamed Merah, the jihadi mass-murderer of Montauban and Toulouse in France, had made trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan. A French citizen of Algerian origin, Merah had a record of involvement in petty crime since his teenage years.
Mohamed Merah - The path of hate – Libération
The Madrid daily reveals that Mohamed Merah had been under investigation in Spain in 2007, after a period spent in Catalonia at an Islamist training camp.
The jihadist who put France into check – ABC
UK chancellor George Osborne mounted a £3 billion “stealth” raid on middle-class pensioners to fund a cut in the 50p top rate of income tax and free millions from paying income tax altogether in the budget.
“Granny tax” hits five million pensioners – The Daily Telegraph
The Irish government is in negotiations with the EU authorities to avoid a €3.1 billion cash payment due on March 31st on the state’s bill for Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide, Minister for Finance Michael Noonan said last night.
State seeks to avoid Anglo payout – The Irish Times
Josef Dobeš, who President Václav Klaus once described as "the best education minister we've ever had" - has resigned in protest against planned education cuts. Widely criticised and having survived several scandals, he is the eighth member of the government to have left his post since July 2010.
Fall of “best minister” – Mladá Fronta DNES
The funerals of 15 of the 28 victims of the bus accident that took place in Sierre, Switzerland, were held in Lommel, Belgium, in the presence of the Belgian and Dutch authorities.
We will never forget you! – Het Laatste Nieuws
Osama Al Shzliaoy, a 27 year old Sudanese immigrant, died at the hospital in Valletta, Malta, after a violent assault at the hands of two Romanians on March 17. This case has caused shockwaves on the island, which has recently been singled out by the European Network Against Racism for discrimination against minorities.
A smile snuffed out – The Times of Malta
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