Since the shooting occurred in the centre of Strasbourg on Tuesday evening has several different figures are reported in terms of the number of dead and injured. On Wednesday the Russian authorities, that two people have been killed in the shooting. Further a person is brain-dead after the deed and 13 persons have been wounded, two of whom are life-threatening.
The suspected offender is known by the police previously, and on Wednesday is still ongoing hunt for the man, identified as 29-year-old Cherif Chekatt. According to French authorities, it is not certain that the suspect is still in France.
During the Wednesday night added the French national police released the man’s name and image in social media along with an appeal for information in several languages, in the hope of help from the public that can lead to that the man was arrested.
Police advise at the same time, from approaching the man, who is described as dangerous.
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Earlier on Wednesday said Remy Heitz, the prosecutor in the case, to four people with connections to the suspected offender has been arrested. Reuters reports with reference to a source in the investigation that the arrested is the suspect’s parents and brothers.
been tightened since the attack. Even the German police have reinforced their border controls against France after suspicions that a 29-year-old can try to cross the border.
Earlier it was reported that 350 police officers took part in the hunt for the man, but on Wednesday morning the figure has been increased to 600 police officers, reports Reuters. At the same time have the security level of the terrorist threat has been raised to the highest level on the scale.
” We will also reinstate the security measures on all christmas markets in order to prevent any imitation of the attack, says French interior minister Christophe Castaner, according to Reuters.
the 20-time on Tuesday on the central street of the Rue des Grandes-Arcades in Strasbourg and then continued on the other streets before the shooter fled from the arriving police. A total of shootings have taken place in three locations, reports Le Monde.
Witnesses have indicated to the police that the man shouted ”Allahu akbar” when he carried out the deed, and according to the prosecutor Remy Heitz shall the man had a gun and a knife during the attack.
Image 1 of 4 It was on Tuesday, a shooter opened fire at a christmas market in Strasbourg. Photo: Fredrick Florin/AFP/TT Slide 2 of 4 Photo: Patrick Hertzog/AFP/TT Image 3 of 4 Photo: Fredrick Florin/AFP/TT Image 4 of 4 A French soldier stands guard at a cathedral close to the christmas market where the shooter opened fire on Tuesday night. Photo: Patrick Hertzog/AFP/TT Slideshow
the Prosecutor has said the motive for the shooting is unknown but the incident is being investigated as a suspected terrorist incident.
considering his objective, approach, gärningsmannaprofil and eyewitness testimonies that he heard shouting ”Allahu akbar” has antiterrorpolisen been called in, ” says Remy Heitz.
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hours before the attack carrying out a raid at the suspect’s residence, said sources to Reuters. The raid must have been linked to an investigation of a robbery that occurred in the summer.
the 29-year-old, who is resident in Strasbourg, of the French security service’s list of about 26,000 people that are considered to be potential security risks. According to the prosecutor, the man has been convicted of a crime 27 times in France, Germany and Switzerland, reports Reuters.
In January 2016, was convicted the man of a German court to two years and three months in prison for two counts of aggravated theft. He sat for a year in a German prison before he was deported to France, reports France24.
Of the judgment, that the DN have received, shows that the man has grown up in Strasbourg with his parents and six siblings. He lacks the education and has been unemployed for long periods of time. The man is also previously sentenced to several years in prison, including for a series of burglaries in France and Germany.
mep Marita Ulvskog was in Parliament when the shooting occurred.
Suddenly we received information that there have been the shootings fatal and that there was a person who was perceived as a threat, ” she says.
the Parliament was closed so it was impossible to get into or out of the building. The staff and the members of the EUROPEAN parliament who were on the site were gathered in the meeting rooms and larger spaces in order to get continuous information.
” It was perceived very threatening and such an institution could be a target. In addition, usually such events trigger activities from other people. The people became anxious quite easily, ” says Marit Ulvskog.
the president to a meeting in the chamber, and Marita Ulvskog describe the atmosphere during the meeting that upset.
” the President spoke only of parliamentarians, and not about the service person, and all our political employees. They were not in his planning. Meps was insanely angry, the people scolded him, ” she says.
At midnight could Marita Ulvskog get out of the building and went to the hotel she lives at.
– It sounds like a movie, and it really felt like a movie. Totally unreal and very uncomfortable.
the christmas market in Strasbourg is increased. Unauthorized vehicles have not had access to the nearby streets and checks have been carried out at the entrances to the christmas market.
in the Year 2000, envisaged a group of terrorists with connections to al-Qaeda attack on the christmas market and the cathedral in Strasbourg, reports the Washington Post. The attack could be prevented by French and German security forces and 14 people have been convicted for involvement in the planning.
the data that the swedes have been injured or killed in the attack in Strasbourg.
– We urge those who are in Strasbourg to follow local authorities ‘instructions and recommendations,” says William Rundquist on the foreign MINISTRY’s press service
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