French police on Tuesday arrested two alleged accomplices of gunman Mohamed Merah, whose Al-Qaeda-inspired shooting spree in and around the southern city of Toulouse earlier this year left seven people dead. A man, identified as Charles Mencarelli and described by police as a member of the traveller community, was arrested at his home in the town of Albi, about 70 kilometres northeast of Toulouse. He was arrested without incident and was to be brought to Toulouse for questioning, police sources said. Mencarelli’s former partner was arrested separately at her home in Toulouse. Both were detained on suspicion they helped Merah carry out his attacks in March, the sources said.