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Police Kill Knife-Wielding Attacker in Marseille Shopping Street, Five Injured

Officials say investigators are not treating the case as terrorism, with motive under review.

Overview

  • The violence began after the man was ejected from a hotel for non-payment and returned with two knives and a baton.
  • He stabbed the new room occupant as well as the hotel owner and the owner's son before moving into the neighborhood.
  • At a nearby fast-food shop he tried to attack customers and was driven off, then injured two more people with a club on a pedestrian street.
  • Police ordered him to drop his weapons and shot him when he advanced toward them, an encounter captured in video shared by Le Parisien.
  • Authorities identified the suspect as a 1990-born Tunisian legally residing in France; one victim is in life-threatening condition, and Le Parisien reported prior antisemitic remarks as inquiries continue, with Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau expected at the scene.