Strasbourg attack suspect 'pledged allegiance to Islamic State'
Cherif Chekat, 29, the chief suspect in the shooting attack on the streets of Strasbourg, eastern France, which left five people dead and another 12 wounded, and who was shot dead by police shortly afterwards, had left a recent pledge of allegiance to the so-called Islamic State group on a computer memory stick, judicial officials have confirmed.
TheThe man suspected of carrying out a gun attack at a Christmas market in Strasbourg this month that left five dead had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, a French judicial official has confirmed, reports The Irish Times.
The official said investigators had found a video stored on a USB stick in which Cherif Chekatt claimed allegiance to the extremist group.
The video was discovered at Chekatt’s home.
Chekatt, 29, died in a shootout with police two days after the December 11th attack at Strasbourg’s popular Christmas market.
Shortly after his death, Islamic State’s Amaq news agency claimed he was a “soldier” of the group.
