Opening of the trial of the Strasbourg Christmas market attack. In the absence of jihadist Chérif Chekatt, shot dead during the arrest, four accused will appear before the special assize court in Paris.
Sowing death and hatred at the heart of the symbol of reconciled Europe and during a Christian and festive event. In 2000, a group of killers wanted to strike the Christmas market in the Alsatian capital, filming the market and the surroundings of the pink sandstone cathedral. Eighteen years later, a radicalized repeat offender, Chér if Chekatta materialized this old fantasy to the great joy of Islamist terrorist groups.