{"type":"video","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Dailymotion","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com","title":"Siege of suspected French killer continues","description":"The standoff between a suspected serial killer and French police is still continuing in Toulouse.At the centre of the siege is Mohammed Merah, a 24-year-old French citizen of Algerian descent, who has been linked to bombings in Afghanistan.Hundreds of police surrounded an apartment block in Toulouse after three officers were injured in a pre-dawn shootout. Merah is suspected of killing three soldiers, three children and a teacher in three separate incidents.The siege is close to the Jewish school where the children were shot dead.Al Jazeera's Jackie Rowland reports from Toulouse, southern France.","author_name":"Al Jazeera English","author_url":"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/aljazeeraenglish","width":480,"height":269,"html":"<iframe frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player.html?video=xt511w&\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/s2.dmcdn.net\/v\/2wj6K1clnqd8vjk0F\/x240","thumbnail_width":427,"thumbnail_height":240}