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Fugitive Strasbourg shooter killed by police Thursday night - media

PARIS, Dec 13 (KUNA) -- Fugitive Strasbourg shooter, Sherif Shekatt, was "neutralised" by security forces in a neighbourhood of the eastern French city, local media and police reported Thursday.
Police located the suspect in the Meinau area of Strasbourg and he was shot dead in a gun battle, "France Info Radio" indicated.
French, German and Swiss police had been hunting Shekatt since he shot dead three civilians and wounded 12 others at the Strasbourg Christmas Market on Tuesday evening.
The fugitive was known to police as having been radicalised in prison where he had served sentences in France, Germany and Switzerland.
Police did not give further details as yet on the manhunt and its culmination in the death of the 29-year-old suspect. (Pick up previous) jk.ibi