3 dead, 12 injured with suspect at large after shooting near Christmas market in Strasbourg, France
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Three people are dead and 12 wounded from a shooting Tuesday night in the French city of Strasbourg, the French interior minister said early Wednesday.
Authorities meanwhile were continuing to search for the suspect who is on a terrorist watch list and whose home police had raided earlier in the day in a burglary probe.
The shooting took place shortly before 8 p.m. local time (2 p.m. ET) near a Christmas market in Strasbourg, France, that attracts millions of tourists every year. Strasbourg is on the German border.
The suspect fled and engaged in a firefight with police between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. local time, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner. He said the suspect has a record in France and Germany for common crimes.
A prosecutor said earlier that officers are searching for the suspect for alleged criminal association with a terrorist group and attempted assassination.
Prior to the shooting Tuesday, police raided the suspect's home in connection to a burglary probe. The suspect wasn't there but resurfaced that night at the perimeter of the Christmas market when shots rang out, police said.
Of the 12 wounded, six have serious injuries.
France's counterterrorism unit has opened an investigation into the shooting incident, a prosecutor told NBC News.
Morten Løkkegaard, a Danish politician and member of the European Parliament, which has one of its three locations in Strasbourg, told Euronews that he was on lockdown inside the Parliament building.
"The whole Parliament has been locked while the police are investigating this, so I think we will spend some hours here," Løkkegaard said. "Hundreds of people are still working in the Parliament at this time of the day."
Axel Schouteten, manager of a McDonald's in Place Kieber, said he was sheltering in place inside the restaurant with approximately 80 people, including families and children.
"I was in the back of the restaurant when I heard gunshots. I think it was the sound of an automatic weapon. There was a big movement of the crowd and then a few minutes later, I closed the doors, and saw three bodies on the ground," he said, adding that he didn't know if the people he saw were dead or alive.
A U.S. State Department spokesperson said the United States condemns "in the strongest terms this horrific attack" and that "our thoughts are with the family and friends of those affected."
The State Department stands ready to provide all possible consular assistance should it become aware of any affected American citizens, the spokesperson said.
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In the midst of the violence over their governance, now this. Will it have an impact over the issues of the yellow coats? Any other thoughts?
And true to form, our good ol' Scumbag is lying and fear-mongering about this by comparing it to illegal immigration. Never mind that the perp in the Strasbourg shooting was not an illegal immigrant but a native born French citizen (actually born in that city) with a long criminal history. So he's really more like on of our "very fine people" here who carry torches, chant anti-semitic slogans and run people down with his car. He's also repeating the lie that French protestors chant "We Want Trump" at their rallies. He's rapidly approaching the "bottomless Pinocchio" (a lie repeated 20 times or more) on that one.
Good gawd, give it a rest. Not everything is about Trump. Specifically, not this thread.
Scumbag made it about him today. If you want to complain, send a message to him to STFU. Odds are he won't listen to you but if he did you'd be doing a service to your country.
Nope, you made it about him. Like most everything else in here from what i've seen .....
I guess you'll just have to see it for yourself even though you'll still refuse to believe it:
Trump uses shooting in Strasbourg to plead for border wall funding
I wonder if his supporters will ever get tired of him making them look like such big chumps?
The seeded article does not mention Trump, so Sparty is correct. Your comments are off topic and no value.
Maybe some of the idiots protesting in France actually are dumb enough to think Trump has something to do with THEIR complaints? Or maybe some of those here supporting their little riots are?
For clarity sake:
This is not about Trump. It is about a shooting in France and how it will affect what is going on in France. Please keep to that subject. Please feel free to post your own article on the divergent topic.
Thank you!
Sure will.
For the record, I didn't bring Trump INTO the conversation.