A security officer directs shoppers at the traditional Christmas market on the boulevard Saint-Germain in Paris, France, December 12, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - Police searched through eastern France on Wednesday for a man suspected of killing at least two people in a gun attack on a Christmas market in Strasbourg and who was known to have been religiously radicalised while in jail.
Witnesses told investigators the assailant cried out "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greater) as he launched his attack on the market, the Paris prosecutor said.
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