After the death of the alleged assassin, the people in Strasbourg show easier. However, the investigation is going on. Chekatt Had Accomplices?
There were also the numerous clues from the population, which helped the investigators to determine the whereabouts of Chérif Chekatt. Only a day after the attack, the police had released the photo of the alleged bomber from the Strasbourg Christmas market.
24 hours only, more than 800 calls were received Within the authorities, said Prosecutor Remy Heitz. Many came from the district of Neudorf – where the police Chekatt shot.
“It is now important to search for possible accomplices who assisted him in the planning of the attack and encouraged to do so could have,” says Heitz. “We will reconstruct the last 48 hours of the alleged assassin, to find out whether he had help in his escape.”
large-scale operation of the police in the Strasbourg district Neudorf.
investigators found weapons
As the Prosecutor reported that investigators found in the case of the dead multiple weapons: a Revolver with six rounds of ammunition, a knife, he also had additional ammunition in his jacket pocket.
Minister of the interior, Christoph Castaner regretted in the radio station Europe 1, the death Chekatts: “It would have been important to take him alive, the investigation forward,” he says. Accordingly, the police wanted the Suspect when he turned around and shot. “They shot to defend themselves and to protect themselves.”
