Islamist terrorist identified, was wanted for a robbery, still on the run
At least two people were killed and 12 injured in a shooting at the Strasbourg Christmas market on Tuesday, December 11. The alleged shooter, still being sought, is on file S. Aged 29 and born in Strasbourg, he was supposed to be arrested on Tuesday morning but he was not at home, a police source told France 3. The inhabitants of the city are urged to stay at home. The anti-terrorist section of the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office is in charge, the Minister of the Interior Christophe Castaner and the Paris Public Prosecutor Rémy Heitz are going to the area.
Two dead and eleven wounded. The provisional toll is two dead, six seriously injured and six slightly injured. The white plan has been activated, announces Strasbourg University Hospital in franceinfo. The prefecture opened a public information hotline on 0 811 000 667 and a medical-psychological hotline was opened.
The shooter has been identified and is still wanted. According to information from franceinfo, the CCTV cameras filmed a sniper, who allegedly acted with a handgun and a knife. He was wounded in a firefight with the Sentinel soldiers. Aged 29 and born in Strasbourg, he is on file S for Islamist radicalisation and was due to be arrested on Tuesday morning for a robbery that went wrong in August, but he was not at home. The search in his absence yielded a grenade and documentation, according to France 3.
The anti-terrorist section of the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office is taking up the investigation. An investigation is opened on the charge of assassinations, attempted assassinations in connection with a terrorist enterprise and criminal terrorist criminal conspiracy. This investigation is entrusted to the SDAT, the DIPJ Strasbourg and the DGSI. The Paris prosecutor is on the way to the scene.
Macron shortened the meeting at the Elysée, Castaner sent there. The President received the parliamentarians at the Elysée, but disappeared to follow the situation in Strasbourg live. The Minister of the Interior, Christophe Castaner, has been sent to the area. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has activated the inter-ministerial crisis cell.
The targeted Christmas market. The incident occurred just a stone's throw from the city's famous Christmas market, the largest in France. As a reminder, an Al Qaeda attack was foiled there almost 20 years ago, as reported in Les Dernières nouvelles d'Alsace.
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Wikipedia: Opération Sentinelle (English: Sentinel Operation) is a
French military operation with 10,000 soldiers and 4,700 police and gendarmes deployed since the aftermath of the
January 2015 Île-de-France attacks, with the objective of protecting sensitive "points" of the territory from
terrorism. It was reinforced during the
November 2015 Paris attacks, and is part of an ongoing
state of emergency in France due to continued terror threats and attacks.
