New element in the investigation of the Strasbourg bombing that left five dead and eleven wounded, December 11: a video in which Cherif Chekatt allegiance to the Islamic State was discovered, according to a judicial source, confirming information of Marianne .
This video was found during the searches, on a USB key belonging to Cherif Chekatt. Lasting about one minute, it shows the terrorist from Strasbourg reading the usual allegiance to the Islamic State, which can be found on jihadist websites, without him making any personal reference to his life or his family. According to information from Europe 1, this video was recorded one month before the Strasbourg attack on 10 November.
A video that has been erased from the USB key. Special feature of this video: it was erased from the USB key by Cherif Chekatt. Why ? The investigators still do not know the reason, but they had to extract it from the USB key to find it. Was Cherif Chekatt not satisfied with the result? Had he changed his mind, at least temporarily? Nothing in his behavior had attracted the attention of the intelligence services that had followed him for 17 months.
A claim Daesh described as "opportunistic" by the Place Beauvau. On the night of the attack, witnesses heard him shout "Allah Akbar" in the streets of Strasbourg and the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, two days after the death of the terrorist. A claim described as "opportunistic" by the Minister of the Interior Christophe Castaner.