`` It seems highly opportunistic , '' said Barrett , the coordinator of the U.N. Sanctions Committee on al Qaeda and the Taliban . French authorities are probing Mohammed Merah 's background . The suspect was born in the Paris suburb of Sarcelles and lived there until he moved to Brussels last year, where police say they found his fingerprints on a car used by suicide bombers at an airport Officials are looking into Merah 's trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan .
French authorities are probing Mohammed Merah 's background . The suspect was born in the Paris suburb of Sarcelles and lived there until he moved to Brussels last year, where police say they found his fingerprints on a car used by suicide bombers at an airport Officials are looking into Merah 's trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan .