At least two people are confirmed dead and ten seriously injured after an unidentified gunman opened fire in the city-center of Strasbourg, France Tuesday; apparently targeting random tourists near the town’s famous Christmas Market.
“At least two people were killed and 10 were wounded in a shooting in the eastern French city of Strasbourg on Tuesday, government officials said, and the gunman was on the loose,” reports the NY Times.
The lone gunman reportedly fired into the crowd at approximately 8PM local time near the tourist hotspot that attracts millions each year.
Counterterrorism branch of Paris prosecutor has taken control of investigation into Strasbourg shooting. Raises possibility (but not with certainty) that this was a terrorist attack. https://t.co/6EmsTUqa8j
— Paul Cruickshank (@CruickshankPaul) December 11, 2018
“The Paris prosecutor’s office said that it had opened a terrorism investigation and that the Paris prosecutor, who handles all terrorism investigations nationwide, was heading to Strasbourg,” adds the Times.
UPDATE: Two killed and 11 others wounded by gunman in central Strasbourg https://t.co/sFYlTVpmF7
— POLITICOEurope (@POLITICOEurope) December 11, 2018
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BREAKING NOW: At Least One Killed, More Injured at France Christmas Market Shooting
At least one person has been killed and more injured at a shooting near a Christmas Market in Strasbourg, France Tuesday; with local authorities referring to the incident as a “serious security event.”
“One person has been killed and three injured in a shooting near a Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg, according to emergency workers,” reports the Guardian. “The killing took place at Place Kléber near the city’s Christmas market, which draws millions of tourists every year.”
UPDATE: One dead, six injured in gunshot attack in Strasbourg, gunman on the run – French police sources pic.twitter.com/TKKjsKoet7
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 11, 2018
According to Reuters, the “gunman remains on the run.”
“One person confirmed killed in shooting in French city of Strasbourg, six wounded, gunman on the run, police say,” reports the BBC.
One person confirmed killed in shooting in French city of Strasbourg, six wounded, gunman on the run, police say https://t.co/ooMdRvAwzg
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) December 11, 2018
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CHAOS IN PARIS: French Capital ROCKED by Anti-Macron Protests, ‘Hundreds’ Arrested
The anti-Macron ‘Yellow Vest’ protests continued to rock the French capital Saturday, with hundreds arrested after countless demonstrators took to the streets of Paris in opposition to rising fuel prices and the skyrocketing cost-of-living across the country.
“A fourth weekend of antigovernment protests turned violent on Saturday, with demonstrators in Paris ripping down barricades from store fronts and setting vehicles on fire, while riot police fired tear gas and water cannons to control the crowds,” writes the New York Times.
“The so-called Yellow Vests descended on the capital by the thousands, even as the police turned out in force, blocking off roads and monuments and arresting more than 700 people, many before they could even reach the main site of the demonstrations along Paris’s main artery, the Champs-Élysées,” adds the article.
The protests -largely sparked by a scheduled increase in the already high ‘fuel tax’- has since morphed into a widespread, anti-Macron movement across France.
Read the full report at the New York Times.
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