In a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry on Sunday evening, Egypt condemned in the strongest terms the stabbing of two women by a man at the main train station in Marseille, southern France, resulting in their deaths. Egypt expressed its condolences to the government and people of France and the families of the two victims. The Islamic State group announced it’s responsibility for the stabbing incident. French police at Marseille’s main station shot dead a suspect believed to have attacked the two women. The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the attack in a post on its Amaq propaganda agency, describing the assailant as one of the group’s “soldiers.”

Source: Egypt Independent October 02, 2017 15:11 UTC