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A fourth person died Friday from wounds suffered in an attack on the Christmas market in Strasbourg, as investigators worked to establish whether the main suspect had help while on the run, AP reported.

The prosecutor’s office announced the death three days after the attack in the eastern French city and a day after the suspected gunman was shot dead by police.

Although they did not entirely clarify their announcement, prosecutors appeared to suggest that the person who died Friday was one of 12 wounded people and not another person who has been described as being brain dead.

Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz, who handles terror cases throughout France, told a news conference that seven people are in police custody, including four family members of Cherif Chekatt and two who were detained on Thursday night.

Chekatt, 29, was shot dead Thursday during a police operation in the Neudorf neighborhood of the city.

“We want to reconstruct the past 48 hours in order to find out whether he got some support,” Heitz said.

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