Alwaght- A male terrorist was shot dead in Marseille, France after killing two women with a knife, French media report, citing the prosecutor’s office.
The incident took place at the Saint-Charles train station in Marseille on Sunday and is being treated as a terror attack.
The French Interior Minister Gérard Collomb said on Twitter that he immediately went to the scene of the attack.
One person was killed at the scene by the assailant, who was subsequently shot dead by police.
The second person, stabbed during the incident has died, according to the police chief Olivier de Mazières.
ISIS' self-style news agency, issued a statement on social media late Sunday calling the attacker a "soldier of the Islamic State."
The statement issued in Arabic said the attacker "implemented the operation as an answer to the call of targeting the coalition countries."
Surveillance footage showed the suspect attack his first victim, run away and come back to stab the second woman, the minister said. The suspect then ran toward soldiers arriving on the scene.
The attacker also injured several people, according to local reports.
The soldiers are among the thousands of armed security personnel patrolling streets and transport hubs since the Paris terror attack of November 2015.
Terrorists have killed over 130 people across France in a series of attacks on bars, restaurants, the national stadium and a rock gig at the Bataclan concert hall.
