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Man shot and killed at Marseille train station after attacking people with knife Man shot and killed at Marseille train station after attacking people with knife
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A man has been shot and killed by police at a train station in Marseille after attacking passers-by with a knife, leaving two people dead. A man has been shot and killed by paramilitary forces at a train station in Marseille after attacking passers-by with a knife, leaving two women dead.
A French police source has said the attack is likely to be a terrorist one, Reuters reported. A French police source has said the attack at St Charles station is being treated as a  terrorist incident, with an unnamed official telling France's Le Monde newspaper the assailant had cried “Allahu akbar” as he slashed passengers.
Security services are carrying out an operation at the city's main station in southern France and have asked people to stay away from the area. Police said on Twitter they had "neutralised" the attacker and urged people to stay away from the area as they carried out an evacuation of the station in the southern French city.
The deaths of the passers-by were confirmed by police chief Olivier de Mazieres, who told AFP: "Two victims have died by knife."The deaths of the passers-by were confirmed by police chief Olivier de Mazieres, who told AFP: "Two victims have died by knife."
The attack took place at the St Charles station in the early afternoon, with witnesses on Twitter speaking of a panic and a shooting as police intervened. Both passengers killed as they waited on the platform were woman, according to France's Interior Minister Gerard Collomb, who said on Twitter he was heading to the scene immediately after news of the atrocity broke.
The National Police reported on Twitter that an operation was underway at around 2:30 pm. The attack took place in the early afternoon, with witnesses on social media speaking of a panic and a shooting as police intervened.
French newspaper Le Figaro reported the mayor of Marseille Jean-Claude Gaudin paid tribute to the Sentinel military forces who gunned down the assailant "at a time when the number of victims could have been higher." French newspaper Le Figaro reported the mayor of Marseille Jean-Claude Gaudin paid tribute to the Sentinel military forces who gunned down the assailant "at a time when the number of victims could have been higher."
France has been hit by a recent wave of terrorist atrocities carried out by Islamist extremists, including stabbings, shootings and lorry attacks. France has been hit by a recent wave of terrorist atrocities carried out by Islamist extremists, including stabbings, shootings and lorry attacks.
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