In France, a fifth victim of the attack died on the Christmas market in Strasbourg. The Prosecutor’s office in Paris announced on Sunday that the victim had succumbed to his injuries. the
Five days after the attack in Strasbourg, another victim succumbed to his injuries. In the case of the deceased it is a Poland, as the Paris Prosecutor’s office confirmed. Thus, the number of victims of the plot
In the attack in the French city had been injured on Tuesday in addition, a number of people. The alleged assassin Chérif Chekatt was shot and killed on Thursday evening after a two-day dragnet on the run.
The motive of the alleged assassin has still not been clarified unequivocally. The terrorist militia Islamic state (IS) claimed the attack, after the death of Chekatts and described him as one of their “soldiers”. France’s interior Minister Christophe Castaner considered that this was an “opportunistic” word message that will not change anything.
it is Known that the attackers according to witnesses, “Allahu Akbar” (Allah is great) called. In addition, a radicalisation Chekatts noticed during a prison stay, according to Authorities. Chekatt was conducted in two anti-terror lists of the French government and monitored by the security service.
On Sunday, remembered in Strasbourg, hundreds of people are the victims. The commemorative ceremony took place in front of the giant Christmas tree at place Kléber, and was organized by several human rights organizations.