Three people have been killed and at least 12 persons shall have been damaged. Six of the twelve people who were injured in the shooting with serious injuries, three or four are in critical condition, said the mayor Roland Ries to AFP.
the Shooting should have begun on the centrally located Rue des Grandes-Arcades and then continue into other streets and neighborhoods, when the shooter fled from the arriving police.
” We heard several shots, maybe three, and we saw people running. One of them fell, I don’t know if it was because she fell or if she was hit, ” says a witness to the AFP.
the offender was injured when the anti-terrorpolis pushed back against him, but he still managed to escape from the place.
Two hours after the shooting were encircled by elite forces, the suspected shooter in a building, according to a source close to the inquiry told Reuters. Shots should be shooting even at this moment.
the Building is according to the French media a little store in the district of Neudorf. Late in the evening was the bet that are still ongoing, and at midnight, came the information that the shooter was again on the loose. Old town with loads of had no arrest have not yet been made.
as a 29-year-old man resident in Strasbourg, which is known by the police since earlier. According to Reuters, the police conducted the raid in the man’s home during the Tuesday morning, in connection with an investigation of a robbery earlier in the year. The suspect must not have been home at the time.
the Man should also be on the French secret service list of about 26,000 people that are considered to be potential security risks. The motive for the shooting is still unclear, but according to the French prosecutor’s office investigated the incident as a suspected terrorhandling.
for calm, while the city centre and the european Parliament have been locked by. Staff in the parliament were prevented from leaving and a number of Swedish EU-parliamentarians had to spend their Tuesday evenings in the parliament premises.
”We are trapped in the EU parliament building in Strasbourg. May not leave it. Follow nyhetshändelserna”, wrote the social democrat mep Marita Ulvskog on Twitter.
the population in the district of Neudorf to stay indoors.
”Thank you for staying at home while we are waiting to hear about the ongoing situation,” writes the city’s deputy mayor Alain Fontanel on Twitter.
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Emmanuel Macron has notified to it, the event and following the development. At the same time, it was announced that the country’s interior minister, Christophe Castaner, will go to the city.
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