STRASBOURG, FRANCE — Police are still on the hunt for a gunman who killed at least three and injured over a dozen others in the French city of Strasbourg.<br /><br />The BBC reports that according to Paris public prosecutor Remy Heitz, a man with a gun was seen in Strasbourg's city center around 8 p.m. on December 11.<br /><br />The gunman walked through the Christmas market, open firing several times, and using a knife to wound and kill. Witnesses say he shouted 'Allahu Akbar' as he did so.<br /><br />Four anti-terror Operation Sentinelle soldiers patrolling the area exchanged fire with the suspect and wounded him in the arm.<br /><br />The gunman managed to get into a taxi, which took him to the Neudorf district near the Franco-German border, where he lived.<br /><br />He came across police after getting out of the taxi, resulting in another exchange of gunfire. But authorities eventually lost track of him, according to the New York Times.<br /><br />The suspect has since been identified as 29-year-old Cherif Chekatt, who had been convicted 27 times and was on a watchlist of potential terror threats.<br /><br />Among those killed by Chekatt were a Thai tourist and a local resident, while an Italian journalist was among those seriously wounded.
