Overview

• A 35-year-old Tunisian identified as Abdelkader Dibi stabbed five people in central Marseille before being shot dead by plainclothes police, authorities said.
• Prosecutors report officers fired six times after the man made movements toward them while carrying two knives and a metal bar, and he died at the scene after being hit five times.
• Marseille prosecutors say the suspect appeared to suffer from psychiatric disorders with substance abuse, not from radicalization.
• The man was a legal resident known for prior violence and addictions, including a 2023 conviction in La Rochelle for armed violence against a relative.
• Tunisia denounced the death as an unjustified killing, summoned the French chargé d’affaires in Tunis, and demanded a swift investigation to protect the rights of the deceased and his family.