Two women stabbed to death at Marseille station attack
One woman was stabbed to death and the other woman's throat was slit, a source said.
Two women have been killed in a knife attack at the main train station in Marseille, French officials have said.
The male attacker was "shot" and "neutralised" by soldiers according to police.
One woman was stabbed to death and the other woman's throat was slit, a source said.
An anti-terror investigation has been opened to look into the incident, in which local media reports the attacker shouted "allahu akbar"
French police have warned people to avoid the station, and said an operation was "underway".
Interior Minister Gerard Collomb tweeted that he was going immediately to the scene "after the attack perpetrated near Saint Charles train station."
The French interior minister said authorities were determining if the attack was of a "terrorist" nature.
President Emmanuel Macron said he was "deeply outraged by this barbaric act" in a statement on Twitter.