2 women killed in French train station attack
Posted Oct 1, 2017 10:05:54 AM.
Last Updated Oct 1, 2017 10:09:11 AM.
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French officials say that two women have been killed in the attack by a man with a knife at Marseille’s main train station, including one whose throat was slit.
The officials say soldiers then fatally shot the attacker. Police have evacuated the Saint Charles station, with officers and soldiers taking up positions outside.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation.
The Paris prosecutors’ office says that a counter-terrorism probe has been opened, but no motive for the attack has been immediately given.
Unconfirmed reports say the suspect was shouting “Allahu Akbar” during the attack.
French police have warned people to avoid Marseille’s main train station, saying only that an operation “is underway” on its official Twitter account.
Interior Minister Gerard Collomb tweeted that he’s going immediately to the scene “after the attack perpetrated near Saint Charles train station.”
