Fifth Victim Dies From French Christmas Market Attack

A fifth victim wounded during an attack at a Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg has died, local authorities and relatives said … Continue reading Fifth Victim Dies From French Christmas Market Attack

By Ignatius Igwe

Updated December 16, 2018

French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner (C) gives a press conference in Strasbourg, eastern France, on December 14, 2018 as the christmas market reopens after the author of the attack was killed on December 13, 2018. The Christmas market closed as three people were killed and 13 wounded when a lone gunman, identified as Cherif Chekatt, 29, opened fire on shoppers on December 11, 2018. SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP

A fifth victim wounded during an attack at a Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg has died, local authorities and relatives said Sunday.

“My brother Barto Pedro Orent-Niedzielski has just passed away. He thanks you for the love and strength you have given him,” the brother of the 36-year-old Polish-born victim wrote on Facebook.

Gunman Cherif Chekatt attacked shoppers at the market on Tuesday armed with a gun and a knife, before being killed by police two days later.

AFP