A shooting in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday killed two people, wounded at least 11 others and is being treated as an act of “terror,” police and government officials said, adding that the gunman is on the run.
The suspect opened fire in downtown Strasbourg on Orfevre Street around 8 p.m. local time, government authorities Préfet de la région Grand-Est et du Bas-Rhin revealed on Twitter.
Of the 11 people hurt, seven of them were badly injured and four suffered minor wounds, the officials said.
The gunman is known to police and has a criminal record, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner told reporters.
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