STRASBOURG, France — A gunman killed at least two people and injured another 12 at the famed Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg on Tuesday before fleeing the scene, security officials said. “We heard several shots, three perhaps, and we saw people running,” one witness told AFP afterwards, asking not to be named. Several areas neighboring the Christmas market were sealed off on Tuesday night and residents were being told to stay indoors. The Christmas market in Strasbourg and the city’s illuminations are an annual tourist attraction that draw hundreds of thousands of people. Special anti-terror army units have been deployed in Strasbourg and soldiers and armed police are regularly seen patrolling among the 300 wooden Christmas market chalets.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 11, 2018 21:12 UTC