The French government today raised the security threat level after three people were killed in the Strasbourg Christmas market shooting on Monday night. "The government just decided to switch to a state of emergency attack with the set up of reinforced controls in border crossings, with also reinforced controls in all of the Christmas markets around France," interior minister Christophe Castaner said.

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