MARSEILLE: French police on Tuesday killed a man suspected of stabbing at least four people in the center of the southern port city of Marseille, according to police sources. The assailant attacked several people near a drug-trafficking hotspot before officers intervened and killed him, said a police source. The victims’ conditions were not immediately known. A local resident who saw the incident told AFP the suspect, who has not been identified, tried to stab officers as they attempted to arrest him.

Several people were injured during a knife rampage in Marseille today, before police shot the suspected attacker dead.(file photo)

Selon le parquet, le suspect est un ressortissant tunisien en situation régulière, qui venait d’être expulsé de son hôtel.