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Strasbourg gunman shot dead by police: source
The source said he was shot and killed by police in the Neudorf area of the city.
By AFP
Published December 14, 2018
STRASBOURG: A gunman on the run since he killed three people at Strasbourg´s popular Christmas market was on Thursday shot dead by police. a source said.
More than 700 French security forces had been hunting for 29-year-old Cherif Chekatt since the bloodshed on Tuesday night. The source said he was shot and killed by police in the Neudorf area of the city.
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