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The Strasbourg attack suspect's criminal past in Germany
German court documents show details about the life and criminality of the suspected Strasbourg gunman. French investigators say the suspect was radicalized in prison and was on a watch list.
https://www.dw.com/en/the-strasbourg-attack-suspects-criminal-past-in- germany/a-46697357

The fugitive suspected gunman who killed two people and wounded at least 12 in an attack on Strasbourg's Christmas market had previously spent time in German, Swiss and French prisons on robbery charges, court documents seen by DW show.
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Cherif C., 29, was sentenced by a district court in the southern German city of Singen in June 2016 to two years and three months in prison for the 2012 burglary of a dental clinic in Mainz, near Frankfurt, and a pharmacy in Engen in southern Baden-Württemberg in 2016.
The verdict from the Singen regional court shows Cherif C. stole around €8,300 ($9,408) in cash, gold and postal stamps from the robbery in Mainz and another 315 euros through the raid on the pharmacy. DNA evidence left at the scene of the crime in Mainz and video footage from Engen linked him to the crimes.
A spokesperson from the Baden-Württemberg state Justice Ministry told DW that Cherif C. was deported to France in February 2017, around eight months after his June 2016 sentencing. The six months he spent in pretrial detention applied towards his time served.
Police in Strasbourg
TERROR ATTACKS IN FRANCE SINCE 2015
December 11, 2018: Strasbourg shooting
A gunman opened fire at a Christmas market in the eastern city of Strasbourg, home to the European Parliament. At least two people were killed and 12 injured. Prosecutors opened a terror investigation. France immediately raised its national security alert to its highest level in anticipation of copycat attacks.

Past convictions in France, Switzerland
According to the court verdict, Cherif C. grew up with six siblings at his parents' house in Strasbourg, where he was born. He attended school there until the age of 16 and graduated from secondary school but did not pursue further technical training.
After school, he was employed by the local authorities but since 2011 was unemployed and had spent time traveling. He consumed no illegal drugs or alcohol, according to his own statements to investigators.
In 2008, he was convicted to two years in prison by a French court for multiple burglaries and served out part of the sentence. In 2013, he was convicted in Basel, Switzerland, and sentenced to one year and six months for a string of burglaries.
French investigators say Cherif C., who is of North African descent, was radicalized in prison and had been on a watch list as a potential security risk.

Editor's note: Deutsche Welle follows the German press code, which stresses the importance of protecting the privacy of suspected criminals or victims and urges us to refrain from revealing full names in such cases.

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Suspicious Strasbourg Shootings
https://www.globalresearch.ca/suspicious-strasbourg-shootings/5662809

By Stephen Lendman
Global Research, December 13, 2018

On Tuesday, the day after French President Macron’s national address in response to weeks of Yellow Vest protests for social justice he opposes, offering woefully inadequate concessions, suspicious shootings occurred in Strasbourg, France.

The Macron regime alone benefits from what happened, its timing suspicious. Reportedly, four people were killed, another dozen injured, some seriously, the incident occurring near the city’s Christmas market, a few km from the European Parliament.

Part of the city is on lockdown over what happened. France’s interior minister Christophe Castaner said the nation’s security level was raised to the highest level – a state of emergency not so far declared.

Hundreds of French police and military forces are conducting a widespread search for a suspect identified as 29-year-old Cherif Chekatt. Why him and not others is unclear. No motive was suggested for the shootings.

Police claim he was seen leaving the area after the shootings by taxi. Is he responsible for what happened or a convenient patsy – the case when similar incidents occurred in France, elsewhere in Europe and America.

Was the Strasbourg incident the action of a homicidal killer, a terrorist act, or something more sinister?

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Was it staged to heighten fear and shift attention from Yellow Vest protests? Was it a state-sponsored false flag like numerous similar incidents in recent years?

According to French police, Cherkatt is a Moroccan-born Muslim with a criminal record, involving various petty offenses, including robbery, not murder or other violent crimes.

A native of Strasbourg, his local residence was searched several hours before the shootings. He wasn’t home at the time – no explanation given as to why the search occurred.

Authorities claimed they found a rifle and ammunition, four knives, and a fragmentation grenade. Virtually all homes and apartments have various sorts of knives.

Many people own handguns and rifles. Fragmentation grenades aren’t readily available to anyone other than police, security, and military forces. Did Chertoff have one, or was it planted in his residence by authorities?

According to interior ministry official Laurent Nunez, he’s being investigated for possible involvement “in murder and acts of terrorism in relation to a criminal enterprise.”

His record of petty offenses is world’s apart from murder, terrorism, and other forms of violence. Petty thieves aren’t likely to commit mass shootings when never before having been involved in violent acts.

Whoever was responsible for the shootings remains at large. The gunman or gunmen reportedly entered the area through Pont du Corbeau.

Gunfire reportedly came from three locations. Were multiple gunmen involved? Police said the individual they believe is responsible for the shootings left the crime scene by taxi, wounded by gunfire, his whereabouts unknown.

It’s unclear if the official account of the Tuesday incident is accurate or if Chekatt is being used as a convenient patsy for a state-sponsored false flag – aiming to divert attention from Yellow Vest protests and help end them.

Unless proved otherwise with credible evidence, the latter explanation seems most likely.

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Chérif Chekatt, Strasbourg suspect or killer? Fake news loses 7:6


Chérif Chekatt: Strasbourg terrorist or Macron patsy? Excuse to clamp down on Yellow Jackets?
https://youtu.be/PPyPr4-ODbE


Chérif Chekatt


'SUSPECT'


CBS News, US
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/strasbourg-shooting-suspect-cherif-chekat t-france-terror-attack-accomplices/

Independent, UK
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/cherif-chekatt-strasbo urg-shooting-dead-christmas-market-france-shooter-gunman-terror-latest -a8682631.html

NBC News, US
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/suspect-strasbourg-mass-shooting-ki lled-police-n947706

New York Times, US
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/world/europe/strasbourg-cherif-chek att.html

Daily Telegraph, UK
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/13/french-forces-seek-strasbo urg-killer-dead-alive-manhunt-stretches/

CNN, US
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/13/europe/france-strasbourg-shooting-m anhunt/index.html

Guardian, UK
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/12/cherif-chekkat-who-is-th e-strasbourg-shooting-suspect



'SHOOTER' or 'KILLER'

Euronews
https://www.euronews.com/2018/12/13/live-updates-strasbourg-shooting-m ay-under-pressure-from-tory-mps

BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46561574

RTE, IRELAND
https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2018/1213/1016938-strasbourg-attack/

ABC TV, Australia
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-14/strasbourg-shooter-has-been-kil led-police-sources-say/10618784

The Sun, UK
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7974789/cherif-chekatt-shot-dead-strasbo urg-christmas-market-shooting-police/

Irish Independent
https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/suspected-strasbourg-shoo ter-cherif-chekatt-killed-during-police-operation-37624787.html

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Chérif Chekatt: Strasbourg terrorist or Macron patsy? Excuse to clamp down on Yellow Jackets?

Link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPyPr4-ODbE