Overview

• Tunisia labeled the shooting an "unjustified murder" and requested a rapid, rigorous investigation by French authorities.
• The Tunisian foreign ministry summoned France’s chargé d’affaires in Tunis to deliver a formal protest and vowed to protect the family’s rights.
• Prosecutors identified the deceased as Abdelkader Dibi, 35, who allegedly wounded five people, including one seriously, in a knife attack in central Marseille.
• French authorities described him as legally resident and known for prior violence, cocaine and alcohol addiction, and psychiatric troubles.
• According to the Marseille prosecutor, plainclothes officers fired six times after he threatened them with two knives and a metal bar, striking him with five bullets as judicial and forensic probes continue.