Claude Gueant, the French interior minister, earlier said that Merah, a Frenchman of Algerian origin, had told police he would give himself up in the afternoon, adding that police were determined to take him alive so that he could stand trial.
Lema alisema kuwa malalamiko ya Dk. Burian kwa tume yalikuwa ni ya uongo kwani Agosti 28, 2010 aliyodai kuwa Lema alitoa kauli za kejeli na udhalilishaji hakufanya mkutano kata ya Sombetini kama alivyoeleza kwenye malalamiko yake bali alifanya mkutano Sokoni 1.