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Marseille: Fatal knife attack at train station | Marseille: Fatal knife attack at train station |
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Two people have been killed in a knife attack at Marseille's Saint Charles train station. | |
The assailant has been shot dead by security forces in the southern French city. The incident is being treated as an act of terrorism, media report. | |
"Two victims have been stabbed to death," regional police chief Olivier de Mazieres told AFP. | |
France's Interior Minister, Gérard Collomb, said he was immediately travelling to the scene. | France's Interior Minister, Gérard Collomb, said he was immediately travelling to the scene. |
France's national police tweeted that the situation at the station had been resolved, and the perpetrator "neutralised and shot down". | France's national police tweeted that the situation at the station had been resolved, and the perpetrator "neutralised and shot down". |
Train traffic has been stopped, it said. Police had earlier asked people to avoid the area. | Train traffic has been stopped, it said. Police had earlier asked people to avoid the area. |
An unnamed official told France's Le Monde newspaper that the assailant had cried "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest). | |
French media report that both victims were women; one had her throat cut and the other was stabbed to death. |