Police find similarities in murders but as yet no terrorism link has been made Police in Paris have linked a 7.65mm gun to four separate murders in the Essone area of the capital since November, raising the possibility of another serial killer following the death of Mohamed Merah in Toulouse on 22 March. The fourth victim, a 47-year-old woman of Algerian origin, was shot four times in the head on Thursday. The gunman was seen to flee on a motorbike. Interior Minister Claude Guéant told radio Europe-1: “This series of killings deserves our maximum attention and we’re putting all our resources into this affair.” Prosecutor Marie-Suzanne Le Quéau told a press conference that police were trying to determine whether there the victims were linked, and whether there was one killer or more than one: “On the theory of a serial killer, I will simply say that three of the murders – the second, third and fourth, show similarities.” However, it was also stressed that as yet no terrorism link had been made, unlike in the seven murders around Toulouse by Merah, who also used a motorbike

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