Kalashnikov

Defence sources subsequently confirmed that Israel had been arming the Abu Shabab clan with Kalashnikov rifles, including some that had been seized from Hamas.

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.