Gathering in Strasbourg remembers victims of market attack

Gathering in Strasbourg remembers victims of market attack
One person has been killed and six people injured in a shooting near a Christmas market in the eastern French city of Strasbourg. (AFP)
Updated 16 December 2018
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Gathering in Strasbourg remembers victims of market attack

Gathering in Strasbourg remembers victims of market attack
  • French authorities are still investigating the Strasbourg Christmas market attack
  • The shooter was killed in a massive manhunt launched by the French police on Thursday night

PARIS: A memorial is being held at a square in the eastern French city of Strasbourg to remember the four people who were shot dead and the dozen who were wounded by a gunman several days ago.
The gathering Sunday morning was in Kleber Square by the city’s famed Christmas market, near where the gunman opened fire Tuesday evening.
French authorities launched a massive manhunt after the attack that ended Thursday night when the main suspect, Strasbourg-born Cherif Chekatt, 29, was killed in a shootout with police in the city neighborhood where he grew up.
French authorities are still investigating the Strasbourg Christmas market attack. Chekatt’s parents and his two brothers, who had been held by police for questioning for several days, were released on Saturday.