The father of the Strasbourg shooter, Cherif Chekatt, said he believed that he could have persuaded his son to go to the police.
Abdelkarim Chekatt, the father of the Strasbourg attack suspect that killed four people, said during an interview with the France 2 broadcaster that the suspected terrorist had made several attempts to stop his son from following the ideology promoted by Daesh*.
Cherif Chekatt, 29, was identified by authorities as the gunman behind the shooting that took place on Tuesday near the Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg, which left at least four people killed. He had fled the crime scene and was later killed in a shootout with the police.