(Strasbourg) 29 year old Cherif Chekatt who went on the
rampage in a Christmas market in the home of the European parliament the other day killing 3 and injuring another
11 more. Well after the shooting he went into hiding and the security forces in
the city have for the past few days been carrying out a huge sweep and last
night , they managed to flush him out and in the ensuring gun battle he fought
the law and the law won.
Born in Strasbourg, he was on the Fiché-S
list of people considered a potential security threat and had been flagged up
as having been radicalised. He was well known to police as a criminal and had
been convicted 27 times, mostly for theft and violence, in France, Germany and
Switzerland. 5 people are currently under arrest for helping him, including his parents and brothers.