Tunisian stabs five at hotel in France’s Marseille and is shot dead by police
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Forensic police officers working at the scene of the attack in the French port city of Marseille, on Sept 2.
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PARIS - Five people including a hotel manager and the manager's son were stabbed at a hotel in the southern French city of Marseille on Sept 2 and one was in critical condition, the city's prosecutor said.
The Tunisian attacker, who had two knives and a crowbar, died after being shot by police, prosecutor Nicolas Bessone and the police said.
Mr Bessone told reporters that the attacker, a legal immigrant, had been evicted from the hotel for not paying rent.
The incident took place at 2.45pm (845pm in Singapore) in Marseille's first arrondissement, or district. REUTERS
