Sarkozy asks TV channels not to show killings film

French President Nicolas Sarkozy begged television networks on Tuesday not to broadcast video footage filmed by an al-Qaeda-inspired gunman of his spate of deadly shootings in southern France this month.

Qatar-based network Al Jazeera said it was considering whether or not to air the images received at its Paris bureau on a memory stick late on Monday that were filmed by Mohammed Merah with a camera attached to his body. (Reuters)