PARIS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 14th December, 2018) French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner has confirmed that the suspected shooter in the Christmas market attack in Strasbourg had been killed by the law enforcement, adding he had informed French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Edouard Philippe about the situation.
Late on Thursday, French media reported, citing sources that the police had shot dead Cherif Chekatt, the suspected shooter in the incident that left two people dead, one person brain-dead and 12 others injured on Tuesday.
"During the apprehension, [the suspect] scuffled with police ... The law enforcement officers have immediately responded and neutralized the aggressor. A have informed the president of the republic and the prime minister [about the developments]," Castaner told a press conference.
