Four people are dead and another eleven are injured, seven critically, and the killer, Cherif Chakatt, 29 years of age, has been identified as a person on the terrorist watch list and a confirmed Islamist. This time the scene was in beautiful Strasbourg, France.
What is really sad is this has become so common, it is barely being mentioned on the news. French President Macron has yet to issue a statement.
The suspect was shot and wounded before fleeing the scene, police officials told The Associated Press. Authorities had attempted to arrest the individual ahead of the shooting, a police official said, but it wasn’t immediately clear why.
Part of the incident took place in a Christmas market at Rue des Grandes Arcades and unfolded on different streets in the city, Strasbourg Mayor Roland Ries said. Military forces were helping the police, according to the mayor.
Two days ago, there was a frenzied knife attack on a number of women at a train station in France. The attacker brutally stabbed 3 women, one victim was slashed in front of daughter. The suspect was“known” to the police prior to the incident, according to local media.
Where there should have been a cheerful Christmas street market, a manhunt was underway tonight in Strasbourg, France, after witnesses say a gunman opened fire killing at least 2.