He hunted for the attack in Strasbourg: ”Said that he had killed ten people”
the 29-year-old Chérif Chekatt is now France’s most wanted person. The police suspect that he murdered three people and injured even more in the shooting in Strasbourg on Tuesday. He escaped in a taxi.
Chekatt is sentenced for 27 offences, has links to the extreme islamiströrelser and is registered in the French säkerhetslista.
Despite the fact that the 720 police officers involved in the chase after Chekatt he is still on the loose.
the Clock was around 20 on Tuesday night when chaos broke out on the picturesque christmas market right in the centre of Strasbourg. A lone gunman, armed with firearms and knife, got in on the christmas market. He shouted allahu akbar, according to witnesses on the spot, and began to push and thrust against marknadsbesökarna.
Two people died and another must have become brain dead due to the damage. Twelve are injured, and several of them have critical injuries.
the Offender was injured in the arm after a shot against the four soldiers who opened fire on him and fled the scene in a taxi.
the taxi Driver has talked to police and told them that the man during the journey, boasted of his deed.
“He said that he had killed ten people and that he had been wounded in a firefight,” says Remy Heitz, the French antiterroråklagare, according to the BBC.
When the offender left the taxi after a ten minute long ride he ended up opposite the police and fired more shots before he once again managed to leave the place, reports The Guardian.
was Radicalised in prison
French police have identified the suspected shooter as 29-year-old Chérif Chekatt, of the police called Chérif C. He was born and grew up in Strasbourg, and has an extensive criminal records. He is convicted for 27 crimes, including several violent robbery, and has been in jail in three rounds in France, Germany and Switzerland.
He was released in February 2017 and expelled from Germany to France. Police in Strasbourg struck Chekatts home just hours before the deed. They would arrest him for robbery but Chérif Chekatt was gone.
Left in the apartment was a rifle of caliber .22, and four knives.
According to Remy Heitz can the failure of arrest to be a reason for the attack.
Chérif Chekatt was previously on the French säkerhetslista ”Fiche S” and has links to extreme islamiströrelser in Strasbourg.
France’s deputy minister for the interior Mr Nunez stated that Chekatt radicalized during his time in prison, but that he was not considered dangerous or needed to be monitored.
– He advocated a radical religious doctrine but there was nothing that indicated that he would conduct an attack, ” says Laurent Nunez, according to Reuters.
Family members arrested
Four people have been arrested and taken in for questioning, said antiterroråklagare Remy Heitz. According to Reuters, it is the suspect’s family – his mother, father and two siblings.
Chérif Chekatts brother is under surveillance because of their radicalisation, according to La Liberation. Neighbours to Chekatt tells Reuters that Chekatt, however, was much like any guy any time and went dressed in mjukisbyxor and sneakers.
“It is scary when you consider that he lived right next door,” says the neighbor to Reuters.
Around 720 police officers worked on Wednesday night with the case that is being investigated as a suspected terrorist incident. Also the threat level in France has been raised to the highest possible, and in both France and Germany have the border controls have been tightened after the attack.
Despite the massive police operation was Chérif Chekatt on Wednesday night is still on the loose.
