Two killed in France stabbing attack

International Desk: Two people have been killed in a stabbing attack at a train station in the southern French city of Marseille as investigators look for possible terrorist motives.

Regional police chief, Olivier de Mazieres, said the attack took place at Saint-Charles station at 1:45 pm (1145 GMT) on Sunday.

“Two victims have been stabbed to death,” De Mazieres said without elaborating. 

According to later reports, the victims were two women, one of whom was fatally stabbed in stomach while the other had her throat slit by the assailant.

Xavier Tarabeux, the local prosecutor, said that policemen at the scene of the attack had shot dead the assailant.

Police in Marseille urged people to avoid Saint-Charles station. There was no comment on the motives of the attacker although a source close to the investigation, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the man had carried out the assault in a way similar to the operatives of Daesh, a Takfiri group that has killed dozens of people in attacks across France since early 2015.

French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said on his Twitter page that he would immediately travel to the Mediterranean port city to examine the situation.

 

Source: Agencies

 

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