Mohammed Merah could have Kazakh accomplices

    Toulouse shooter Mohammed Merah -- who shot 7 people in March 2012 had connections in 20 different countries. These include Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia, BBC writes, citing Le Monde.
    The magazine has received access to confidential documents from the French Central Intelligence Agency.
    According to the reports, Merah had been making calls to Egypt, Morocco, Kenya, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Bhutan and Great Britain from September 2010 to February 2011.
    According to one of the officials, the shooter frequently changed SIM-cards registered to his mother. Supposedly, his family tried to cover up for him.
    Le Monde writes that special forces took notice of Merah back in 2009. But a closer supervision of him started only after March 2011 when he came back from Afghanistan.
    It was reported earlier that Merah was part of the Soldiers of Khalifat that claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack in Atyrau and the shooting in Boraldai.
    However, later French authorities refuted the connection of Toulouse shooter with the Soldiers.
    This March 24-y.o. Mohammed Merah shot dead three children, a rabbi and three soldiers next to a Jewish school in Toulouse. The criminal was shot by the police during apprehension, www.tengrinews.kz states.