Germany calls down on reports of Islamist links in Strasbourg attack

Germany has no information indicating that a man suspected of killing three people in an attack on a Christmas market in Strasbourg has an Islamist background, an Interior Ministry spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

"From the German viewpoint, we have no information about the person concerned that points to an Islamist background," the spokeswoman told a regular government news conference.

(With inputs from agencies.)