French President Nicolas Sarkozy: France Info

Abdelkader Merah Dept: PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy says the far-right's use of the recent killing spree to call for tougher immigration laws doesn't make any sense since the perpetrator was French, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Sarkozy told France Info radio that immigration needs to be better managed but that to blame the killing spree on poor border control "makes no sense." Cars with their registration plates covered with tape, transfer passengers believed to be Abdelkader Merah and his companion to the French police's anti-terrorist headquarters in Levallois-Perret, outside Paris, Saturday, March 24, 2012. Merah's brother, Mohamed Merah is blamed for a series of deadly shootings which have shocked France and upended the country's presidential race. Merah, who claimed allegiance to al-Qaida, died in a hail of gunfire Thursday after a dramatic 32-hour-long standoff with law enforcement. AP Photo/Christophe Ena Mohamed Merah, who was shot by police after they closed in on him for the deaths of seven people in southwestern France, was of Algerian descent but born in France. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.