The ‘third man’ theory

Questions about a possible “third man” complicit in the attacks intensified after French officials said Merah was not the person who mailed the USB key to Al Jazeera.

The gunman’s elder brother, Abdelkader Merah, was detained on Wednesday, March 21, as police laid siege to his younger brother’s Toulouse apartment. The brother has since been in police custody and is under investigation for complicity to murder.

That opened the question of a “third man” who had mailed the USB key containing footage of the attacks to Al Jazeera.

Merah used his brother Abdelkader’s email to buy a scooter from his first murder victim. Police sources say that at a closed hearing in Toulouse during the siege, Abdelkader said he was "proud" of Mohamed’s killings and he admitted helping his younger brother steal a Yamaha T-Max scooter used in all seven murders. But he denied any knowledge of his brother's murderous plans.

[link to www.france24.com]