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Strasbourg, France: A man who had been flagged as a possible extremist sprayed gunfire near the city of Strasbourg's famous Christmas market on Tuesday night, killing three people, wounding 12 and sparking a massive manhunt. France immediately raised its terror alert level.
It was unclear if the market - a popular gathering place that was the nucleus of an al-Qaeda-linked plot in 2000 - was the intended target. The assailant got inside a security zone around the venue and opened fire from there, Mayor Roland Ries said on BFM television.