Two soldiers shot dead in France

Two paratroopers killed and another seriously wounded by a gunman on a motorcycle in the second attack in a week

Researchers fear that the murderer target motorcycle after two French soldiers were killed and a third seriously injured in a "ride-by" shooting the second attack in less than a week.

The three members of the Parachute Regiment were killed in a vibrant city center on Thursday afternoon. Two were killed instantly, while the third was reported in critical condition in hospital.

The attack followed the killing last week of an officer in another regiment of paratroopers, even shot by a gunman motorcycle.

soldiers, all in their 20s and in uniform, standing next to an ATM at Montauban, in the southwest of France. Police cordoned off the city center before the survey, said it was unclear if the three were to withdraw money, or had left a store or restaurant and went through when they were slaughtered rifle shortly after 14:00, heard by people nearby. The murderer, who was wearing a helmet, then left on a motorcycle, more than a dozen casings were found at the scene

• men served in the Parachute Regiment 17, which has periods of service in Afghanistan, Lebanon and the former Yugoslavia, and is based on a barracks near the attack.

President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit to France, said he had sent Defence Minister Gerard Longuet to Montauban to direct operations, but could not say more: "The circumstances are not clear at this time I can not give any explanation. "Longuet said he was confident that the investigators do their best to ensure that the shooter has been brought to justice, adding that his thoughts were with the" families of the dead and his regiment. "

Brigitte Barèges

, mayor of Montauban, said he was "shocked and outraged" by "a murder which was presented as a true summary execution." The regiment had "paid and, unfortunately, the cost of the war in Afghanistan," he said after losing four soldiers.

Sunday on the outskirts of Toulouse, 46 km south of Montauban, a member of another regiment rest was shot in the head at close range by a gunman on a motorcycle. Ziaten Ibn Imad, 30, marshall in the first parachute regiment, stood with his 650cc Suzuki motorcycle outside a gym and wearing a helmet at the time, he was in uniform
Detectives say Ziaten announced his bike to the sale and received a call from what appeared to be an interested buyer minutes before being killed. Ziaten commander said he had served in the French army in Ivory Coast, Chad and Gabon.

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