{"id":50105,"date":"2018-12-14T18:58:11","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T18:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=50105"},"modified":"2018-12-14T18:58:11","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T18:58:11","slug":"strasbourg-christmas-market-attacker-chekatt-shot-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=50105","title":{"rendered":"Strasbourg Christmas market attacker Chekatt shot dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img class=\"wp-image-50106 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/141834_104770941_051174869-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/141834_104770941_051174869-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/141834_104770941_051174869-1.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/>International desk: French police have shot dead the man who attacked Strasbourg's Christmas market on Tuesday, the interior minister has said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A police unit came across Cherif Chekatt in a Strasbourg street and shot him after he opened fire.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Three people have died following the shooting at the market and several more were seriously injured.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Chekatt, 29, had a string of criminal convictions in France and Germany and had become a radical Islamist in jail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How was Chekatt found?<\/strong><br \/>\nInterior Minister Christophe Castaner said three police officers had spotted a man matching Chekatt's description on rue du Lazaret, in the Neudorf area of Strasbourg at 21:00 local time (20:00 GMT).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As the police moved to stop him, the suspect turned round and opened fire. They fired back and &#8220;neutralised&#8221; the attacker, said Mr Castaner, who later went to the scene.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Hundreds of French police and security forces had been searching for Chekatt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A large police operation had taken place in Neudorf earlier on Thursday, but ended apparently without results.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Five people have been arrested in connection with the attack. They include Cherif Chekatt's parents and two of his brothers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Strasbourg mayor Roland Ries said that finding Chekatt meant the worried people of his city would now be able to return to a normal life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International desk: French police have shot dead the man who attacked Strasbourg&#8217;s Christmas market on Tuesday, the interior minister has said. A police unit came across Cherif Chekatt in a Strasbourg street and shot him after he opened fire. Three people have died following the shooting at the market and several more were seriously injured. 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