Christmas Market Strasbourg Shooting. The attacker was 29 year old chérif chekatt who had multiple criminal convictions. Local time 2 p m.

The attacker was 29 year old chérif chekatt who had multiple criminal convictions. The shooting took place shortly before 8 p m. On the evening of 11 december 2018 a terrorist attack occurred in strasbourg france when a man attacked civilians in the city s busy christkindelsmärik christmas market with a revolver and a knife killing five and wounding 11 before fleeing in a taxi.

A fifth victim has died following the gun attack on the christmas market in the french city of strasbourg the paris prosecutor s office has said.

Strasbourg considers itself the capital of christmas. A fifth victim has died following the gun attack on the christmas market in the french city of strasbourg the paris prosecutor s office has said. Authorities called the shooting an act of terrorism. The attacker was 29 year old chérif chekatt who had multiple criminal convictions.