The bustle of holiday shopping gave way to a lockdown in the French city of Strasbourg on Tuesday after a gunman killed four people and…
The bustle of holiday shopping gave way to a lockdown in the French city of Strasbourg on Tuesday after a gunman killed four people and wounded 11 others in a suspected terrorist attack, according to police union officials.
The shooter has been identified but remains at large after authorities went to his house and failed to find him. The 29-year-old suspect has a criminal record and has been linked to radicalism. FGP Police union official Stephane Morisse said officers found explosive materials at the home.
Morisse said soldiers guarding the city’s world-famous Christmas market near the evening attack later shot and wounded the suspect before he escaped.
It’s unclear if the market — which was the nucleus of an al-Qaida plot in 2000 — was targeted. The city is also home to the European Parliament, which was locked down after the shooting.
