translated from Spanish: Four dead left shooting in Strasbourg

a shooting reported on Tuesday in the French city of Strasbourg provoked the death of four people and injured another eight, officials said, sparking a security operation ad in a world-famous Christmas market. Authorities said the attacker remains at large. The reason for the shooting is unknown. By the time it was not clear if the market was the target of the attack or whether there was any link with terrorism. The attacker has been identified and has a criminal record for offences, told reporters the Minister of the Interior Christophe Castaner. He added that several of the wounded were in serious condition and that way to Estrasburgo.El Ministry of the Interior of France asked people not to leave.” Our security and rescue services mobilized”, said Castaner.Las local authorities asked through Twitter that people”avoid the area of the police station,”which is close to the Christmas market in the city. The known market in Strasbourg is located around the city’s Cathedral during the Christmas season and is a very busy place. Pictures of the site showed police officers, police vehicles and barricades surrounding the bright lights on the market. The European Parliament, headquartered in Strasbourg, was closed. Spokesman Jaume Duch said that “the European Parliament has been closed and nobody can leave until further notice.” It was unknown at the moment how many people there were in. The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker said he sent his condolences to the victims of the shooting “Strasbourg is one city like no other and is a symbol of peace and of European democracy”. France has been the subject of several attacks by extremists, including the shootings in Paris by 2015 – which caused the death of 130 people and injuries to hundreds more – and an attack with a truck in Nice where he killed dozens in 2016.Algunos resident of Strasbourg have been published on social networks that they heard shooting in some parts of the city centre. The first Minister Edouard Philippe Tweet that “the situation is still ongoing, priority is given to the security forces and rescuers”. President Emmanuel Macron suspended a meeting at the Presidential Palace on Tuesday night to be able to monitor what happened, his office said. Strasbourg, located about 500 kilometers (310 miles) East of Paris, shares a border with Germany.

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