Man shot dead by French police after stabbings at Marseille hotel
A man has been shot dead by police in the southern French city of Marseille after five people were wounded in a hotel and a nearby street.
The man was armed with two knives and a baton and had ignored police warnings to drop his weapons, Marseille prosecutor Nicolas Bessone told reporters.
He had been evicted from the hotel for unpaid rent and attacked one person in his old room, before stabbing the hotel manager and his son, the prosecutor said.
Tweet Translation – Marseille: Abdelkader D., a Tunisian already known to the police, injures several people with a knife while shouting “Allahu Akbar”; the police neutralize him fatally by shooting
Marseille : Abdelkader D., un Tunisien déjà connu de la police, blesse plusieurs personnes au couteau en criant « Allah Akbar » ; la police le neutralise mortellement par balle (MàJ : Vidéo)
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