Mr. Ries said that the Christmas market in Strasbourg has been tightly secured since 2015, when multiple terrorist attacks struck France. Police officers regularly check bags and coats and pat down visitors at several access points, he said. While the nature of Tuesday’s attack was still unclear, France has faced a number of terrorist attacks and attempted attacks in recent years. In 2015, two armed men entered the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, killing 12 people, including cartoonists, editors and police officers. In November of that same year, nearly simultaneous attacks in and around Paris left 130 people dead and several hundred wounded.

Source: New York Times December 11, 2018 20:52 UTC