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Strasbourg gunman Chekatt 'pledged allegiance to IS in video'
Source: BBC
Strasbourg gunman Chekatt 'pledged allegiance to IS in video'
22 December 2018
The gunman who killed five people near a Christmas market in Strasbourg had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) group in a video, reports say.
The video was found on a USB key belonging to Cherif Chekatt, 29, judicial sources told AFP news agency.
Chekatt was shot dead by police after a manhunt lasting two days.
IS said he was one of their "soldiers" after the 11 December attack but French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner cast doubt on this claim.
The group's self-styled news agency Amaq said Chekatt had "carried out the operation in response to calls for targeting citizens of coalition countries" fighting its militants in Syria and Iraq.
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22 December 2018
The gunman who killed five people near a Christmas market in Strasbourg had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) group in a video, reports say.
The video was found on a USB key belonging to Cherif Chekatt, 29, judicial sources told AFP news agency.
Chekatt was shot dead by police after a manhunt lasting two days.
IS said he was one of their "soldiers" after the 11 December attack but French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner cast doubt on this claim.
The group's self-styled news agency Amaq said Chekatt had "carried out the operation in response to calls for targeting citizens of coalition countries" fighting its militants in Syria and Iraq.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46660217