Update: Strasbourg attack suspect killed by police in shootout

Latest: A man has been killed in a shootout in Strasbourg with French police who were searching for shooting suspect Cherif Chekatt.

Latest: A man suspected of being the gunman who killed three people near a Christmas market in Strasbourg died in a shootout with police on Thursday following a two-day manhunt.

Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said the dead man's identity has not been confirmed yet.