Two dead in Marseille train station knife attack

French police cordoned off the area around Marseille Saint-Charles station (pictured) after a man wielding a knife killed a passer-by, on Oct 1, 2017. AFP photo.

MARSEILLE: A man armed with a knife killed two people at the main train station in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille on Sunday before being shot by soldiers patrolling there, local officials said.

"Two victims have been stabbed to death," regional police chief Olivier de Mazieres told AFP, referring to the attack which occurred at 1.45pm.