2 Dead, 9 Wounded In Strasbourg "Terrorist Attack"; Shooter Identified
Update: According to the latest AFP reports, the shooting which has left at least 2 dead, is being treated as a terrorist attack. According to the French interior minister, the shooter has been identified and, is known to authorities, and was on a terrorist watch list; suspect remains at large; everyone in the Neudorf area warned to stay indoors.
- *STRASBOURG SHOOTING TREATED AS TERROR ATTACK, 2 DEAD: AFP
- *STRASBOURG SHOOTING LEAVES AT LEAST 2 DEAD, 11 HURT: AFP
- *FRENCH INTERIOR MIN SAYS STRASBOURG SHOOTER IDENTIFIED
- *FRENCH INTERIOR MIN SAYS SHOOTER KNOWN FOR CRIMINAL REASONS
The identified shooter was still at large shortly after 9 p.m., and local police were asking residents in the center of the city to remain inside. The shooting occurred around 8 p.m., news broadcaster LCI reported, citing local security people.
Earlier:
At least two people are dead and nine have been wounded following a shooting near a Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg, home to the European Parliament, according to multiple reports.
The incident reportedly happened close to the world-famous market -which attracts two million tourists a year - in bustling Place Kleber.
The shooter is said to have fled the scene according to AFP, while police have asked people to stay at home amid the manhunt.
According to local newspaper DNA, the incident is assumed to be a terrorist attack.
According to the local newspaper
@dnatweets, shooting incident in
#Strasbourg assumed as a "terrorist attack". Shooter alone and still on the run. Last toll: 3 killed, 6 to 7 wounded.
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— Nicolas Henin (@N_Henin)
December 11, 2018
After the shooting, the city is now on total lockdown with police armed with machine guns on the street and people taking cover in bars and restaurants. Security officials have cordoned off the market area and all trams have been stopped, according to reports from the scene.
Access to city center was blocked for pedestrians, cyclists and road traffic about three blocks from the Kleber main square near the opera house. Blue emergency-services lights could be seen several hundred meters away at the other end of nearby Place Broglie.
The European Parliament in Strasbourg activated its emergency protocol and was in lockdown with the orders "no one goes in, no one goes out." The parliament was closed, with no one able to leave until further notice, spokesman Jaume Duchsaid in a tweet.
“The shooting happened in front of us,” EU lawmaker Nikos Androulakis said by phone from a cafeteria near the area. “As I was leaving the cafe, I ’ve heard shootings, police took us inside, and we are now in lockdown with lights off. They told us the perpetrators are still at large. There are families, small children in here,” Androulakis said....
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