Christmas market shooter Chekatt (29) had a good criminal record

The alleged gunner of Strasbourg, Chérif Chekatt, has a good criminal record and was known to the authorities.

According to the French Minister of the Interior, Christophe Castaner, Cherkatt has been detained both in France and in Germany. He came into contact with the police in his early years for criminal facts that are not linked to terrorism. Because of his later radicalization, he was followed by the police for several years.