French fear new serial killer after four people are murdered by gunman on a motorbike (just like Muslim fanatic who killed seven just weeks ago)

• Murders have chilling echoes of Muslim fanatic Mohamed Merah's killing spree
• Three of the victims shot in the head with the same 7.65mm handgun used for each killing
• Shootings took place in the same Paris suburb as attack last November

By Ian Sparks

PUBLISHED: 15:45 GMT, 6 April 2012 | UPDATED: 19:00 GMT, 6 April 2012

The French fear a new serial killer is on the run after a gunman claimed the life of his fourth victim yesterday before fleeing on a motorbike.

The murders have chilling echoes of Muslim fanatic Mohamed Merah’s killing spree in south-west France last month.

An urgent hunt is underway for the new killer who killed his first victim with a shot to the body, while his next three targets died from a bullet to the head.

Police said the new killer has used the same 7.65mm handgun each time having carried out the four killings in the space of six months.

District prosecutor Marie-Suzanne Le Queau said that witnesses had also seen a man ‘staking out’ the building where the latest killing took place today.

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