At the station of Marseille, a man with a knife attacked passers-by
In Moscow detained a knife attack on visitors to the station. Arriving police managed to defuse it.
As reported by Reuters, the members of the French security forces shot and killed a man who attacked people with a knife at the train station in Marseille.
The source Agency in law enforcement agencies reported that the offender had fatally injure two visitors.
According to BFM, fatal blow with a knife was received by a woman who was at the station at the time of the attack. Another visitor, according to the publication, was still alive.
It is known that the assassin attack was accompanied by shouts of “Allah Akbar”. The police in the evening, 1 October, reported that he had established his identity. He allegedly was known to law enforcement in connection with involvement in criminal offences.
While no terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
According to eyewitnesses, quoted by Reuters, the offender suddenly pulled out a knife and attacked the woman with a little girl that was there. The woman he slit the throat, and the girl was stabbed in the stomach. Help immediately arrived patrolling the station, the soldiers who opened fire on the killer.
The official Twitter of the Marseilles police stating that at the Saint-Charles train station conducted a special operation, which was killed by a criminal. The incident at the station there previously regarded as a terrorist attack. The investigation took up the anti-terrorist unit of the French Prosecutor’s office.
The Minister of internal Affairs of France Gerard Colomb said that immediately travels to Marseille to personally participate in the investigation.
Gare St-Charles – Barrage policier et militaire après l’attentat de #Marseille pic.twitter.com/9PJ8yoQzPO
— David Coquille (@DavidLaMars) October 1, 2017.
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#Marseille: 2 le vittime Dell attacco da parte di un uomo armato di coltello. ? pic.twitter.com/pLAe2UkM6l
— Marta Zanini (@zanini_marta) October 1, 2017.
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Gare St-Charles. Une quitte la zone bouclée par le square Narwick #Marseille pic.twitter.com/VFrhdzdnIS
— David Coquille (@DavidLaMars) October 1, 2017.
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