2 Dead, 9 Wounded In Strasbourg "Terrorist Attack"; Shooter Identified

Tue, 12/11/2018 - 15:08
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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 as known for "criminal reasons".

  • *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.
More here (in French): https://t.co/s7HrSVbHe0 pic.twitter.com/FWSXHVchQr
— 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.
As Reuters notes: "France remains on high alert after suffering a wave of attacks commissioned or inspired by Islamic State militants in 2015 and 2016, which killed more than 200 people."



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#France #Strasbourg
First alleged footage of the gunshots in Strasbourg.
Reason still unclear.
Provisional toll:
- 1 killed.
- 3 wounded.
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2:45 PM - Dec 11, 2018


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Twitter users have reported a large police presence in the downtown area, while many said they had barricaded themselves inside restaurants and shops.







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#BREAKING Reports of a shooting incident in Strasbourg Christmas market - 2 injured
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2:28 PM - Dec 11, 2018


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Breaking: Reports of possible shots fired at the city center of Strasbourg, France.
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2:24 PM - Dec 11, 2018


The city is currently hosting a meeting of the European Commission. EU Parliament prss officer Emmanuel Foulon tweeted: "Sounds of gunfire in the street #Strasbourg panic in the big street everyone is lying in the restaurant Petards?" followed by "Policemen with submachine guns running down the street" (translated).
Emmanuel Foulon ✔ @efoulon1

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Bruits de Coups de feu dans les rue de #Strasbourg
Panique dans la grand rue
Tout le monde est couché dans le restaurant
Petards?



Emmanuel Foulon ✔ @efoulon1

Des policiers avec des mitraillettes courent dans la rue
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2:03 PM - Dec 11, 2018

Foulon also reports that the city center has been closed for an indefinite period of time as police search the area.

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#Última hora | Confusión en torno a un posible tiroteo en el mercado navideño de Estrasburgo hace apenas unos minutos.

La policía ha evacuado la zona y han cortado la calle principal.#strasburg

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2:16 PM - Dec 11, 2018

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Emmanuel Foulon ✔ @efoulon1

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La gendarmerie annonce que le centre ville est fermé jusqu a une durée indéterminée.
Le secteur entre le carré d or et place Kléber est fouillé par la police
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2:14 PM - Dec 11, 2018

The incident echoes past Christmas market attacks in Europe. In 2016, a man drove a truck through a crowd at a Berlin Christmas market, killing 12.
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