A fourth victim — an Italian reporter who was shot in the head — has died of wounds sustained in Tuesday’s Islamic terrorist attack in Strasbourg. The following Spanish-language news report has the latest on the case.
Many thanks to FouseSquawk for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:
Below is a brief article from ANSA about the death of the Italian reporter:
Italian Reporter Shot in Strasbourg Attack Has Died
Antonio Megalizzi was hit in the head in terrorist attack(ANSA) — Paris, December 14 – Antonio Megalizzi, a young Italian reporter who was shot in the head in Tuesday’s terrorist attack at Strasbourg’s Christmas market, has died, foreign ministry sources said on Friday. “This news saddens me a great deal,” Premier Giuseppe Conte told a news conference following this week’s European summit.
“Affectionate, emotional thoughts go to his girlfriend.” “We must unite in this pain”.
Video transcript:
| 00:02 | Increasing the number of dead to four in the attack in Strasbourg , one of the wounded has died. | |
| 00:07 | Another nine people remain hospitalized. | |
| 00:10 | One of them is in a brain-dead state. This death occurred the day after the presumed terrorist | |
| 00:15 | was killed by shots fired by police in the same neighborhood where he resided, | |
| 00:20 | in the neighborhood of Neudorf, which during those hours was combed inch by inch | |
| 00:24 | after two days of intense search. Cherif Chekatt, 29 years old, a Frenchman of Algerian origin, | |
| 00:28 | was the most wanted man in France | |
| 00:32 | after shooting at a crowd in the Christmas market of Strasbourg on Tuesday. | |
| 00:37 | He was also being sought in Germany and Switzerland, where he had served prison sentences. | |
| 00:41 | The investigation will continue, said the chief of anti-terror prosecutors in Paris, | |
| 00:49 | to identify possible accomplices and co-perpetrators inclined to help | |
| 00:53 | or encourage the preparation and run-up to action. | |
| 00:56 | Also we are going to focus now on reconstructing the 48 hours that have just passed, | |
| 01:01 | to see, above all, if he had help in his flight. | |
| 01:07 | The prosecutor announced that seven persons remain under arrest | |
| 01:11 | They include the parents of the terrorist, two brothers, and three persons of his close circle, | |
| 01:16 | two of them detained last night. | |
| 01:19 | Chekatt, a common criminal with 27 convictions, | |
| 01:22 | was on the radar of the security forces because of his radicalization. |
Hat tip for the article: Vlad Tepes.