Strasbourg: Several hundred people gathered in Strasbourg on Sunday to honour the victims of an attack on the city’s popular Christmas market that left four dead.
People, many in tears, gathered around a makeshift shrine of flowers and candles at the foot of the enormous Christmas tree at Kleber Square in the city centre.
The traditional minute of silence was replaced by a minute of noise, during which people shouted and applauded to express their solidarity with the victims.
Earlier on Sunday, police in the eastern French city, which is home to the European Parliament, released two close associates of the attacker, Cherif Chekatt who was on a French list of possible security risks.
With the release on Saturday of Chekatt’s parents and two of his brothers, that leaves only one person of the seven originally detained still in custody. — AFP
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