Christmas Market Shooting – level 1

18-12-2018 07:00

Strasbourg is a city. It is in France. There is a Christmas market. A man starts shooting there. He kills four people. Thirteen people are injured.

The man runs away. Police tell everyone his name. His name is Charif Chekatt. He is 29 years old. Police are looking for him.

Difficult words: Christmas market (a Christmas festival where you can buy things and watch interesting events), injured (have problems with the body), look for (try to find).

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