we have just managed to get through on the phone to a man called peter fritz. help or tried to help a tourists who got caught up in this. please tell us what happened. i was witness to apparently the first incident that happened, and what happened was i heard two distinct noises, but i took them to be firecrackers, but when i turned around the corner i did see one person on the ground with an apparent head shot wound, at least one and he was a tourists from thailand, and we tried our best to resuscitate him, we applied cpr. we checked into a restaurant close by and got help from medical people from germany but it's a more than 45 minutes for the ambulance to appear, maybe the ambulance's way was blocked as well because of security precautions. and how is the man? was the —— were you able to resuscitate him? after 45 minutes we were told over the phone by emergency doctors that any further efforts will be futile. he is still here in the restaurant, but we have abandoned all hope for him and right now the authorities are carrying on the investigation. just to be c

let's talk to peter fritz, and he took some of the 32—bit showing here on bbc news. able to see and hear and what sort of had these things take place? after 8pm, i should say, two distinct gunshots and people fleeing the place. i was not sure these were actually gunshots. i went around the corner and i thought percent with two shots into the had lying on the bridge here. we tried to engage in resuscitation activities. we try to resuscitate him and the ambulance service... everybody told us ambulance service... everybody told us the amulet had been called but so far, no science. police cordoned off the area. we had confirmation over the area. we had confirmation over the phone, that... that must've been a very distressing experience for all of you there. can you tell us anything at all about the victim? he isa anything at all about the victim? he is a taurus from thailand, a p pa re ntly is a taurus from thailand, apparently in his 30s. other than that, i can not tell you what is happening. eight forwarder. it's a spectacular sight in your city, and one critically thi

what a traumatic experience that was the deadliest months of montauk in two peter fritz an eyewitness and journalist with the austrian broadcaster r f let me bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the bug they've been messages of international solidarity for two reuters journalists in man mark on the first anniversary of their jailing valon and were given seven it sentences after exposing a massacre offering muslims in the high end state their trial was widely denounced as a sham. u.s. president donald trump has threatened a government shutdown and heated exchange with democratic party leaders were funding for the border war with mexico trampolines democratic support to pass any spending legislation but the democrats are offering far less than the five billion dollars he's demanding. coming up next we have business is that get first looking at the impact of the no confidence vote on markets stay with us. how do you want to live in a radical way discover the back home school house world church january thirteenth call. time for an upgrade. our furniture grows ol

peter fritz witnessed one of the attacks.i heard shortly after 8pm, i should say, were two distinct gunshots and people fleeing the place. now, i wasn't sure these were actually gunshots, and i went around the corner and ifound a person with, apparently, two shots into the head lying on the bridge here. we tried to engage in resuscitation activities. we took him into a restaurant, which i'm in right now, and we tried for 45 minutes to resuscitate him. the gunman is reportedly known to security services and is now the french government has told people to stay where they are. lawmakers and staff have been locked into the european parliament, just 15 minutes away from the scene. yes, our situation is exceptional. we cannot leave the building... well, with streets are empty, you know, people have been asked to vacate the streets, to stay inside. any hotels and restaurants, the doors are locked, keeping people inside. and indeed in the european parliament itself. the president of the european commission said tonight that strasbour

one eyewitness, a man named peter fritz, said over the telephone he saw one of the shootings. >> he went around the corner, and i saw a person with apparently two shots into the head lying on the bridge here. we tried to engage in resuscitation activities, and after 45 minutes, we stopped the resuscitation efforts because a doctor told us over the phone that it's senseless. >> reporter: police say the gunman was known to them and had a criminal record. one report claimed the attacker had been wounded himself in an early exchange of gunfire with police. but through the evening he remained on the run. several security sources have revealed that french police raided the home of the suspected gunman earlier today as part of a separate attempted murder investigation, but that he wasn't there. sources have also said the man was on what the french called the s-file security list for possible extremist sympathies. jeff. >> glor: okay, mark phillips, g tok you very much for that. in're going to move now to an oftonishing on-camera argument enside the oval office today. the president and top democ

left the restau ra nt, restaurant had briefly left the restaurant, he was shot in the head, and peter fritzd to resuscitate him. he died in his arms, and as of half an hour ago, the police and the authority still haven't managed to take the body from the restaurant, and the man's wife is still in a restaurant, and peter were saying that she needed psychological support, and they wa nted psychological support, and they wanted to know if they could get the body to the police. that may explain why french media are reporting two deaths, as police are reporting at the moment, but they are reporting four people have been killed, given the situation and how difficult it is to move around. the focus at the moment, and there were reports of exchange of gunfire in this particular area, but an area just south of the christmas markets, a suburb of strasbourg close to the european parliament, where 700 members are currently locked inside at the moment, told to stay away from windows like those in the restau ra nt from windows like those in the restaurant and in the centre, but thatis restaurant and in t

peter fritz witnessed one of the attacks.heard shortly after 8pm were two distinct gunshots and people fleeing the place. i wasn't sure these were actually gunshots andi sure these were actually gunshots and i went around the corner and i found a person with two shots into the head lying on the bridge here. we tried to engage in resuscitation activities. we took him into a restau ra nt activities. we took him into a restaurant which i'm in right now and we tried for 45 minutes to resuscitate him. the gunman is reportedly known to security services and is now on the run. police say he has been injured after an exchange of fire. the french government has told people to stay where they are. lawmakers and staff have been locked into the european parliament just 15 minutes have been locked into the european parliamentjust 15 minutes away from the scene. our situation is exceptional, we cannot leave the building... with the streets so empty, people have been asked to vacate the streets and stay inside. any hotels and restaurants, t

quite a traumatic experience that was a max huff want talking to peter fritz and i written and journalist with the austrian broadcaster ladish let me now bring you up to date with some of the stories making news around the bond the european union's prestigious sackhoff prize for human rights has been awarded in absentia to all of college now. a fierce critic of russia's annexation of the crimean peninsula senso was jailed in two thousand and fifteen for twenty years on terrorism related charges they've been messages of international solidarity for two reuters journalists in myanmar on the first anniversary of their jailing wadlow and class who were given seven year sentences after exposing a massacre of muslims in a kind state their trial was widely denounced as a sham. us president don't trump has threatened a government shutdown an exchange with democratic party and leaders over funding for the border war with mexico trump needs democratic support to pass any spending legislation that the democrats are offering on this than the five billion dollars that he is demanding right now. and no

eyewitness peter fritz attended to one of the victims and spoke to the bbc earlier.ed, and what happens was overheard two distinct noises, but i took them to be firecrackers. but when i turned around the corner, i did see one person on the ground with an apparent headshot wound, at least one, and his wife standing close by. he was a tourist from thailand, and we tried our best to resuscitate him. we applied cpr. we dragged him toa him. we applied cpr. we dragged him to a restaurant close by. i had helped from the medical people from germany, but it took more than 45 minutes for an ambulance to appear, maybe the ambulance's way was blocked as well because of security precautions. there is speculation that theresa may is on the brink of a leadership challenge, as anger grows over her handling of brexit negotiations. senior conservative mps have told the bbc that the chairman of the party's 1922 committee has now received 48 letters from backbenchers — enough to trigger a vote. 0ur political correspondent ben wright has this report. a warning — this film has flashing li