"Marseille public prosecutor Nicolas Bessone told reporters that the attacker had fetched a knife and started attacking people after being expelled from a hotel for non-payment at around 14:45 local time (1245 UTC/GMT). Bessone said three people were injured in the hotel, one guest, the manager and his son. The man then moved towards a snack restaurant nearby in the 1st Arondissement and started trying to attack staff and customers at random, wounding two more people, according to Bessone."
"Police soon arrived on the scene and demanded the man drop the knives he was carrying. After he refused and threatened police Bessone said he was shot, and declared dead after failed reanimation attempts at around 15:26. He said the suspect was a Tunisian national who was in France legally. Bessone cautioned that all this information was pending further investigation, but also said there was already both eyewitness accounts and security camera footage for authorities to work with."
An attacker in central Marseille fetched a knife and began stabbing people after being expelled from a hotel for non-payment at around 14:45 local time. Three people were wounded inside the hotel — a guest, the manager and his son — before the attacker moved to a nearby snack restaurant in the 1st Arrondissement and wounded two more staff or customers. Police ordered the attacker to drop the knives; after he refused and threatened officers he was shot and later declared dead following failed reanimation attempts around 15:26. Five victims were taken to hospital with stab wounds, at least one in critical condition. Authorities have eyewitness accounts and security camera footage.
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