SHOOTING IN STRASBOURG KILLED 4 PEOPLE & 12 WOUNDED AT CHRISTMAS MARKET

USPA NEWS - A gunman, yet not localised, killed four people and seriously injured twelve, tonight at around 8pm, in Strasbourg at the most popular Christmas Market. Strasbourg is the French city base of the European Parliament and is at the French-German border. The shooter was wounded by soldiers before fleeing, police say. The attacker, is apparently, a French male of 29, born in France, according to the French media, and is on the “S“ file terror watch list, by the Police records. It is the latest attack of a long list of sad terror attacks in France, since 2015, that killed more than 240 people. France is still struggling the last four week ends, with « Yellow Vests » social and political crisis, and Police forces under pressure already, before this attack hit. President Emmanuel Macron was due to attend a government crisis committee overnight.Interior Minister Christophe Castaner travels up to the scene in Strasbourg right away.  The French authorities have set up an emergency line for people with relatives or friends who may have been caught up in the attack . It is: 00-33- (0)811 000 667.

A gunman, yet not localised, killed four people and seriously injured twelve, tonight at around 8pm, in Strasbourg at the most popular Christmas Market. Strasbourg is the French city base of the European Parliament and is at the French-German border. The shooter was wounded by soldiers before fleeing, police say. The attacker, is apparently, a French male of 29, born in France, according to the French media, and is on the “S“ file terror watch list, by the Police records. It is the latest attack of a long list of sad terror attacks in France, since 2015, that killed more than 240 people. France is still struggling the last four week ends, with « Yellow Vests » social and political crisis, and Police forces under pressure already, before this attack hit. President Emmanuel Macron was due to attend a government crisis committee overnight.Interior Minister Christophe Castaner travels up to the scene in Strasbourg right away.  The French authorities have set up an emergency line for people with relatives or friends who may have been caught up in the attack . It is: 00-33- (0)811 000 667.--------------------------------- THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT OF STRASBOURG WAS FULL OF MEP´S AND JOURNALISTS-------------------------- The parliament is currently in plenary session, with hundreds of MEPs and officials having made the monthly visit to Strasbourg from Brussels. At the occasion of both European and Christmas Market (A top touristic destination every year for this period) many army army units have been deployed in Strasbourg. The soldiers and armed police are regularly seen patrolling in the Christmas Market. Besides, nearly 89 000 policemen and gendarmes wren deployed last Saturday December 8th in Paris an elsewhere to counter the vandals and « some radicalized » « Yellow Vests » for the ACT4 of their protests for claiming a better purchasing power , lowering taxes, and reforming the current political governance. The violence has been so tough and extreme that last Saturday Paris was desired and resemble a curfew after the clashes of Police and Yellow Vests Protesters. The damages wren huge and impressive and the toll very heavy according to the 1350 arrests and nearly one thousand custody“¦

THE GUNMAN WHO HAS NOT BEEN LOCALIZED MIGHT HAVE A PARTNER----------------------------------------------- "There is a strong suspicion that a second person" may be implicated in the shooting, police sources told Le Figaro. The Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said the shooter « has a criminal record » and fleed, after having injure a soldier. The French ministry of Interior and Prefecture of Bas Rhin, released a twitter map/message of « Evacuation » for the people in Strasbourg, and giving instructions to be followed, as the city is getting in panic. Evacuation of downtown @Strasbourg Please follow these instructions: ➡️Quit the city center by the North. ➡️Do not take the direction of Neudorf ➡️Completely follow the instructions of the police ➡️ Keep your cool @ Prefet67 @Place_Beauvau Shots were reportedly exchanged in a street of the southern district of Neudorf after a manhunt involving police and soldiers but there was no confirmation he had been localised. Strasbourg is the French be of the European Parliament that was strictly closed up, after the news of shooting was breaking, while journalists, and MEP´s were not allowed to leave the building, according to AFP. According to Le Figaro, Many witnesses thought they had crossed, but at no point were the police able to confirm his suspicions. During his journey, this man stuck S but known for common law has wounded in hand a member of Operation Sentinel. The hunt continues. The Strasbourg RAID is deployed on site.