Kalashnikov

In one of the most serious attacks, gunmen opened fired on Toulon's La Farlede prison gate with a Kalashnikov on 15 April.

They are reported to have used a military-grade weapon, such as a Kalashnikov rifle, to carry out the killing.

Posters of troops with Kalashnikov rifles encouraging the public to "Love, be proud of and defend" Russia.

Prosecutor Francois Touret-de-Courcey said eyewitness accounts suggest the suspect, who is as yet unidentified, may also have been carrying a Kalashnikov assault rifle.

BruxellesToday reported the suspects were carrying what appeared to be Kalashnikov weapons.