2018 Strasbourg attack
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. Authorities called the shooting an act of terrorism.
| 2018 Strasbourg attack | |
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| Part of Islamic terrorism in Europe | |
Rue des Orfèvres where the attack started (pictured in December 2016) | |
Strasbourg Strasbourg (France) | |
| Location | Strasbourg, France |
| Coordinates | 48.582611°N 7.748889°E |
| Date | 11 December 2018 19:50 ((UTC+1)) |
Attack type | Mass shooting, stabbing, mass murder, Islamic terrorism |
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| Deaths | 5 |
| Injured | 11 (4 severely) |
| Perpetrator | Chérif Chekatt (killed in subsequent shootout) |
| Motive | Jihadism |
The attacker was 29-year-old Chérif Chekatt, who had multiple criminal convictions and was on a security services watchlist as a suspected Islamist extremist. Chekatt was killed in a shootout with French police on the evening of 13 December after a manhunt involving 700 officers. He had pledged allegiance to the terrorist organisation Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) judicial sources said.
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