One Killed, Ten Wounded In Strasbourg Shooting: Police
Faizan Hashmi Published December 12, 2018 | 04:24 AM
Strasbourg, France, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 12th Dec, 2018 ) :One person has been killed and ten people injured in a shooting on Tuesday near a Christmas market in the eastern French city of Strasbourg, police said, adding that the suspected gunman was on the run.
"Serious public security event under way in Strasbourg. Residents are asked to stay at home," the French interior ministry said in a tweet.
"Shooting in Strasbourg's city centre. Thanks to all for staying at home until the situation has been clarified," deputy mayor Alain Fontanel said in a tweet.
The Strasbourg-based European Parliament was on lockdown after reports of the shooting emerged, with MEPs, staff and journalists unable to leave the building, an AFP reporter said.
The parliament is currently in plenary session, with hundreds of MEPs and officials having made the monthly visit to Strasbourg from Brussels.
Police said the suspected gunman had been identified.
The Christmas market in Strasbourg is an annual tourist attraction that draws hundreds of thousands of people.
Security has been stepped up in recent years after a series of attacks in France by Islamist gunmen since 2015.
Special anti-terror army units have been deployed and soldiers and armed police are regularly seen patrolling among the 300 wooden chalets that make up the market.
The shooting on Tuesday comes at a time when French security fores are stretched after more than three weeks of anti-government demonstrations.
Nearly 90,000 police were deployed on Saturday for the fourth round of protests by so-called "yellow vests" which led to violence in many cities.
French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner was heading to the scene of the shooting on Tuesday evening.
Three years after groups of jihadists gunned down and blew up 130 people in Paris on November 13, 2015, French counter-terror officials say their focus has shifted.
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