The French authorities said Tuesday that five victims of the Strasbourg attack were still in hospitals, while the psychological support cell received some 700 victims.
The terrorist attack on a birth market earlier this week killed five people and wounded 12, five of whom returned to their homes, said Jean-Luc Marks, governor of the region of Ba-Rhin, in an interview on the sidelines of a local support committee For the wounded.
He pointed out that the victim assistance and psychological support, which was formed the day after the attack, "has so far received 700 people," according to AFP.
"The long-term follow-up of victims is important. Some people do not want to come immediately, even several months later," said Elizabeth Bilesz, government delegate for victim support.
"We have seen this in previous attacks," she said. "It is important that there be a place where people find the assistance they need, both in terms of repairing the damage to their property and about their awareness of their rights."
"There is an urgent need to follow the trauma of some victims, because the images come back to their minds, as well as the fear, and here is the importance of psychosocial support and doctors to help them," Bellesis said.
On the evening of December 11, Sherif Shikat, who had committed several crimes in the past and was on the list of hardliners by the authorities, stormed the historical center of Strasbourg with a gun and knife before attacking several passers-by and trying to escape. Some witnesses heard checks shouting "God is great."
On Thursday evening, police found him on a street in Strasbourg, where he had previously damaged him and killed him.
France has been living under a very serious terrorist threat since the wave of attacks that hit the country in an unprecedented way beginning in 2015