Police kill man who injured two in Marseille knife attack

French police on Tuesday killed a man who wounded two pedestrians in a knife attack in the southern city of Marseille, officials said.

A third person suffered leg wounds from bullet fragments, police said. The knife attack occurred in the afternoon on a busy street in the centre of the port city, the second largest in France.

Police said they opened fire on the assailant when he threatened them with a weapon.

The reason for the attack was not immediately known.