Government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux called on the anti-government protesters to be “reasonable”, citing the strain on security forces after the bloodshed in Strasbourg on Tuesday evening. “Our security forces have been deployed extensively these past few weeks,” Griveaux told CNews television. The Strasbourg suspect, who lived in a rundown apartment block a short drive from the city centre, was flagged by French security forces in 2015 as a possible Islamic extremist. No group has claimed responsibility for the Strasbourg attack, but social media accounts used by Islamic State sympathisers have celebrated the killings. The city’s Christmas market, which draws around two million people each year, remained closed on Thursday.

Source: Egypt Independent December 13, 2018 14:10 UTC