Sixth suspect held in Strasbourg market attack inquiry

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STRASBOURG, France: French police investigating the Christmas Market attack in Strasbourg in which five people died have arrested a sixth person, ...

STRASBOURG, France: French police investigating the Christmas Market attack in Strasbourg in which five people died have arrested a sixth person, a judicial source said on Wednesday .

The suspect, a 32-year-old man, was held for questioning on the request of anti-terrorist judges in Paris, following the arrest on Tuesday of three men and two women from the same family.Cherif Chekatt, a small-time criminal, shot dead five people and wounded 11 during the Dec 11 attack on the open-air Christmas market.Chekatt, 29, who was on a special watchlist as a suspected radical Islamist, was shot dead by police after a two-day manhunt in the city on the German border.

Judicial sources said that Chekatt had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in a video found on a USB key.

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