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| Strasbourg shooting: police release four members of Chérif Chekatt’s family | Strasbourg shooting: police release four members of Chérif Chekatt’s family |
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| Four family members of the gunman who went on a deadly shooting spree at a popular Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg were released from custody on Saturday, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. | Four family members of the gunman who went on a deadly shooting spree at a popular Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg were released from custody on Saturday, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. |
| Three more people close to the attacker Chérif Chekatt, who was shot dead by police on Thursday, were still being held, it said. | Three more people close to the attacker Chérif Chekatt, who was shot dead by police on Thursday, were still being held, it said. |
| But his parents and two of his brothers were freed “due to the lack of incriminating evidence at this stage”, the prosecutor’s office added. | But his parents and two of his brothers were freed “due to the lack of incriminating evidence at this stage”, the prosecutor’s office added. |
| More than 700 French security forces had been hunting for 29-year-old Chekatt since Tuesday night’s bloodshed, in which four people died. | More than 700 French security forces had been hunting for 29-year-old Chekatt since Tuesday night’s bloodshed, in which four people died. |
| French authorities investigate why Strasbourg attacker wasn't stopped | French authorities investigate why Strasbourg attacker wasn't stopped |
| France’s interior minister on Friday dismissed a claim by the Islamic State group that it was responsible for the attack. | France’s interior minister on Friday dismissed a claim by the Islamic State group that it was responsible for the attack. |
| Police have been focusing their investigation on whether Chekatt had any help in carrying out his attack or while on the run. In an interview broadcast on Saturday evening, a man identified as Chekatt’s father said his son had become a follower of Isis. | |
| “He would say Daesh is fighting for a just cause,” the man, named as Abdelkrim Chekatt, told France 2 television, using the Arabic acronym for Isis. | “He would say Daesh is fighting for a just cause,” the man, named as Abdelkrim Chekatt, told France 2 television, using the Arabic acronym for Isis. |
| “I told him: ‘Forget about Daesh, don’t listen to what they say. Don’t you see the atrocities they commit?’” | “I told him: ‘Forget about Daesh, don’t listen to what they say. Don’t you see the atrocities they commit?’” |
| He added that he had had no knowledge of the attack. | He added that he had had no knowledge of the attack. |
| “If he had told me about his plans, I would have reported him to the police, that way he would have not killed anyone or been killed himself,” the man said. | “If he had told me about his plans, I would have reported him to the police, that way he would have not killed anyone or been killed himself,” the man said. |
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