French police have shot dead the man believed to have carried out the attack at Strasbourg's Christmas market.
Cherif Chekatt was on the run since the attack on Tuesday evening.
Three people died following the shooting at the popular attraction and several more are seriously injured.
France Info reported that Chekatt was found hiding in a warehouse in the Meinau area of the city, and had been shot dead by police.
The suspect had a string of criminal convictions and had become a radical Islamist while in prison.
Hundreds of French police and security forces had been searching for him.
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