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France shooting: 2 dead, several wounded in Strasbourg

By SYLVIE CORBET investigation is for murder
LORI HINNANT and attempted murder in
ELAINE GANLEY relation with a terrorist en-
Associated Press terprise.
PARIS (AP) — A shooting Several of the wounded
in the French city of Stras- are in critical condition,
bourg killed two people Castaner said.
and wounded 11 others, In multiple neighborhoods
officials said, sparking a of Strasbourg, the French
broad lockdown and major Interior Ministry called on
security operation around the public to remain in-
a world-famous Christmas doors. French soldiers were
market Tuesday. Authorities on patrol after the shoot-
said the shooter remains at ing. “Our security and
large. rescue services are mobi-
French prosecutors said a lized,” Castaner said.
terrorism investigation was Local authorities tweeted
opened into the shooting, for the public to “avoid the
though authorities haven’t area of the police station,”
announced a motive. It’s which is close to the city’s
unclear if the market — Christmas market. Stras-
which was the nucleus of bourg’s well-known market
an al-Qaida plot in 2000 is set up around the city’s
— was targeted. The city cathedral during the Christ-
is also home to the Euro- mas period and becomes
pean Parliament, which In this image made from video, emergency services arrive on the scene of a Christmas market in a major gathering place.
was locked down after the Strasbourg, France, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. Images from the scene
shooting. Associated Press show police officers, police
The gunman has been The attack came as France meeting at the presidential in France, headed Tuesday vehicles and barricades
identified and has a crimi- has been wracked by four palace on Tuesday night night to Strasbourg. The surrounding the sparkling
nal record, according to weeks of protests against to be able to monitor the prosecutor’s office says the lights of the market.q
Interior Minister Christophe President Emmanuel Ma- events, his office said, in-
Castaner. The prefect of cron, and police forces dicating the gravity of the
the Strasbourg region says have been stretched by attack. If Brexit changes are
the gunman had been fighting rioting and other The interior minister and the
flagged as a suspected ex- protest-related unrest. Ma- Paris prosecutor, who is in off the table, time for
tremist. cron himself adjourned a charge of anti-terror probes
‘reassurances’

A leave the European Union, Brexit supporter protests by saying
he was “taking a stand” across the street from the House of
Parliament in London, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018.
Associated Press

By GREGORY KATZ Brexit vote she was sure to
Associated Press lose, leaders on both sides
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s of the Channel sought
prime minister concedes Tuesday to salvage their
Parliament won’t approve deal.
her Brexit plan without European leaders made
changes. The European clear they would not ac-
Union says no changes are cept changes to the plan:
possible. “There is no room what-
So what’s a politician to soever for renegotiation,”
do? Play with words. said European Commis-
A day after Prime Minister sion President Jean-Claude
Theresa May canceled a Juncker.q