Crime scene of Marseille's attack in Front of the Gare Saint Charles Train station, after a man armed with a knife killed two people before being shot by soldiers patrolling the area. Two police sources said one had her throat slit while the other was stabbed in the chest and stomach. I think it was a terrorist attack and the individual who was killed seems to have had several identities," Marseillemayor Jean-Claude Gaudin told reporters. Two police sources said the attacker had been carrying a butcher's knife, was around 30 years old and of North African appearance. Security forces have increasingly been targeted by militants in knife attacks.

Source: Huffington Post October 01, 2017 20:48 UTC