Witnesses react as suspect shot dead in Strasbourg
196 views · Published 18 December 2018 · 1:09 · Indexed 5 October 2026
Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(13 Dec 2018) Residents of Strasbourg's Neudorf neighbourhood said on Thursday evening they felt relieved that the Christmas market gunman had been found. The gunman who killed three people near a Christmas market in Strasbourg earlier this week was shot dead in a shootout with police on Thursday following a two-day manhunt. A Paris prosecutor, who visited the scene, has formally identified the man killed in the Strasbourg shootout as the main suspect in the Christmas market attack. The SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors extremist activity online, says the Islamic State group's Amaq news agency is claiming the gunman who opened fire near a Christmas market in Strasbourg as a "soldier" of the group. The claim was published shortly after news emerged of a shootout with French police. IS claims of responsibility have often been considered opportunistic in the past. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/c35b7e6f3b1e0baac1c15f3ffeaf6751
