Two dead in Marseille station knife attack: French official

A man armed with a knife killed two people at the main train station in the southern French city of Marseille on Sunday before being shot by soldiers patrolling there, local officials said.

By :  migrator
Update: 2017-10-01 13:54 GMT
Saint-Charles train station in Marseille

Paris

“Two victims have been stabbed to death,” local official Olivier de Mazieres told AFP.

Local prosecutor Xavier Tarabeux said the knifeman had been shot by soldiers, while Marseille police urged people in the city to avoid the area around Saint-Charles station.

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