<div class='node-body'><p>The suspect in a string of shootings in France, including recent murders outside a Jewish day school in Toulouse, has been surrounded by police. Three officers have been injured after gunfire was exchanged with the suspect, according to media reports.</p>
<p>The man has thrown his handgun out a window but has other weapons on him, including an AK-47 assault rifle, and has used them in volleys with police surrounding the building in this southwestern city, French Interior Minister Claude Gueant said.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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