at Least three people have on Tuesday night have been killed and 12 wounded in a shooting in Strasbourg in eastern France. The shooting took place near the city’s popular christmas market, which is well attended by tourists.
This we know about the shooting and the perpetrator:
* A man opened fire in the centre of the city at 20 o’clock on the rue des Orfèvres at a christmas market in Strasbourg.
* Three people are reported killed. 12 injured, including six seriously. It illuminates the country’s interior minister, Christophe Castaner.
* the Police have informed that you have exchanged shots with the offender, who allegedly are injured. He is still on the loose.
* The suspected perpetrator is 29-year-old. According to police, he has been in the authorities radar for a long time and has convictions for simple crime.
* The suspect should be on the so-called Sûreté de l’Éta-list, there is the French police’s watch list of possible extremists who pose a threat to collaboration.
* Stephane Morisse, spokesman for the French police, reports to the authorities on Tuesday morning showed up at the suspect’s address to arrest him, but the residence was empty.
* When the police searched the home, found traces of explosives, says Stephane Morisse to the Associated Press.
* The French prosecutor informs that the shooting be investigated as a possible terror.
Sources: Reuters, Associated Press, the news agency Ritzau.
