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Strasbourg Attacker Had Pledged Allegiance to the Islamic State Group
December 22, 2018 By Faith Matters

Strasbourg Attacker Had Pledged Allegiance to the Islamic State Group

The alleged gunman who shot and killed five people in a Christmas market attack this month in Strasbourg had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, an official says. The judicial official said investigators have found a video stored on a USB stick in which Cherif Chekatt had claimed allegiance to the extremist group. The […]

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Christmas market gunman evades French police two days after attack
December 13, 2018 By Faith Matters

Christmas market gunman evades French police two days after attack

The death toll in an attack on Strasbourg’s Christmas market rose to three on Thursday as police searched through eastern France and manned checkpoints on the German border in a hunt for the fugitive gunman. Police issued a wanted poster for Cherif Chekatt, the main suspect in the attack, who was on an watchlist as […]

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