{"id":25476,"date":"2018-12-14T00:22:57","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T00:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=25476"},"modified":"2018-12-14T00:22:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T00:22:57","slug":"strasbourg-gunman-shot-dead-by-french-police-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=25476","title":{"rendered":"Strasbourg gunman shot dead by French police: sources"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The suspected gunman, who killed three people<\/a> at a Christmas market in Strasbourg on Tuesday, has been killed, police sources have said.<\/p>\n

Cherif Chekatt was killed in the Neudorf area of the city in northeast France<\/a>\u00a0after a police operation was launched around 20:00 GMT on Thursday, sources said.<\/p>\n

A French police official said security forces, including the elite Raid squad, acted following reports that the 29-year-old suspect was hiding in a building in the neighbourhood.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Authorities said a taxi driver dropped Chekatt off in the Neudorf neighborhood of Strasbourg on Tuesday evening after the shooting, which also wounded 13 people.<\/p>\n

Chekatt had a long criminal record and was flagged for extremism, government spokesperson Benjamin Griveaux told CNews television.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors had opened a terror investigation into the attack. Police distributed a photo of Chekatt, with the warning: “Individual dangerous, above all do not intervene.”<\/p>\n

The death toll rose to three on Thursday with the death of a victim who was declared brain-dead earlier. Five of those wounded were in serious condition, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Massive manhunt<\/h2>\n

France had raised its three-stage threat index to the highest level and deployed 1,800 additional soldiers across the country to help patrol streets and secure crowded events.<\/p>\n

French authorities said the suspect, born in Strasbourg, had run-ins with police starting at age 10 and his first conviction was at age 13.<\/p>\n

Chekatt was convicted 27 times, mostly in France but also in Switzerland and Germany, for crimes including armed robbery. He was flagged for extremism and was on a watch list.<\/p>\n

Authorities had also called on the “yellow vest” protesters<\/a> who have demonstrated across France since last month not to take to the streets. Members of the movement have planned a fifth round of demonstrations on Saturday to demand tax relief.<\/p>\n

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The usually busy streets of Strasbourg were eerily empty on Thursday, with a heavy police and military presence. The Christmas market was closed on Thursday, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Some lit candles and brought flowers to a makeshift memorial at the site of the attack.<\/p>\n

“You can feel a very heavy atmosphere due all these events,” said resident Lucille Romance. “People are in a state of shock and are avoiding getting out of their house.”<\/p>\n

The dead included a Thai tourist, 45-year-old Anupong Suebsamarn, according to the Thai foreign ministry.<\/p>\n

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said an Italian among the wounded was in a critical condition.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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