Mother of Merah brothers reacts as son's trial in Paris opens The mother of the Merah brothers said on Monday at the opening of the trial of the brother of Mohamed Merah that her son Abdelkader is "innocent." Five years ago, Mohamed Merah went on a nine-day shooting spree in southern France, killing three soldiers and gunning down a teacher and three children at a Jewish school before being shot dead by police. On Monday his brother's trial opened in Paris. SOUNDBITE