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Eleonore DERMY, with Pauline FROISSART in Strasbourg

Four Go On Trial In France Over 2018 Christmas Market Attack

The assailant was killed by police after a manhunt (Credit: AFP)

Four men went on trial on Thursday over a 2018 Christmas market attack in France's eastern city of Strasbourg where a radical Islamist killed five people before being shot dead by police after a 48-hour manhunt.

The traditional Christmas market was in full swing on December 11 when Cherif Chekatt -- a convicted criminal featured on a list of possible extremist security risks -- opened fire on revellers, shouting "Allahu Akbar" ("God is Greatest" in Arabic).

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