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| At least two dead, 11 wounded in French Christmas market shooting | |
| 2018-12-11 | |
| STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - A lone gunman shot dead at least two people and wounded 11 others near a Christmas market in the city of Strasbourg on Tuesday evening before fleeing, police said. The motive was not immediately clear but, with France still on high alert after a wave of attacks commissioned or inspired by Islamic State militants since early 2015, the counter-terrorism prosecutor opened an investigation. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said the gunman was known to security services, and the local prefecture said he had previously been identified as a danger to security. People in the city’s Neudorf area and Etoile park were told to stay where they were as officers hunted the shooter on the ground and from the air. The European Parliament, which is sitting in Strasbourg this week, was put into lockdown. “There were gunshots and people running everywhere,” one local shopkeeper told BFM TV. “It lasted about 10 minutes.” The Christmas market was being held amid tight security this year, with unauthorized vehicles excluded from surrounding streets during opening hours and checkpoints set up on bridges and access points to search pedestrians’ bags. A source at the prosecutor’s office said the motive for the shooting was not immediately clear. A Reuters reporter was among 30 to 40 people being held in the basement of a supermarket for their own safety in central Strasbourg, waiting for police to clear the area. Lights were switched off and bottles of water handed out.
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| Posted by:DarthVader |
| #7 At a time like this, hateful mindless trolls like Jack get the kick in the teeth - Spamcop-wise |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-12-11 19:12 |
| #6 Neudorf is Islam central in Strasbourg |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2018-12-11 18:08 |
| #5 Set as today’s headline. Thank you to Darth Vader and Bright Pebbles for being on top of this for us. The Telegraph is liveblogging events here. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-12-11 17:52 |
| #4 I think "For one of ours, we'll take a town of yours" is a good starting point. "But, but, they're innocents!" "Exactly..." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-12-11 17:36 |
| #3 Tis the season for Islamists to randomly murder Christians celebrating the wrong holy Prophet. It's more like they want to honor Mohammad by killing all infidels who celebrate the birth of Jesus. |
| Posted by: jpal 2018-12-11 17:06 |
| #2 Makes me very sad. Strasbourg and the surrounding region is one of the loveliest in France. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-12-11 16:46 |
| #1 French Police are calling it a terrorist attack. Possible "Known Wolf". |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-12-11 16:43 |