again and again, the alleged perpetrator of Strasbourg was in Germany. That it had classified the French authorities long ago as a threat, not urge on border. Why not?

The search for Cherif Chekatt is in full swing, both in France and across the border in Germany. The cooperation between the German and French police will work in situations like this – after all, all the have an interest to find the still armed offender.

However, the case Chekatt not clear where it is going well – still. The German authorities, it was not known that Chekatt by the French safety authorities as an Islamist threat.

Although there is an entry in the French extremists file Fiché S with a total of around 20,000 names are not synonymous with classification as threat in Germany. As the rbb learned in security circles, was Chekatt, however, not just any number in the data pool. He was seen most recently as one of the Top offenders in the Islamist Milieu in France.