
A man leaving a kebab store injured three people with a knife in the 1st arrondissement of Marseille at around 14:45 on Tuesday, according to police sources. He ran towards Saint-Charles station, turned back and attacked another person, shouting “Allah Akbar”. The police then used their tasers and one of them fired a shot at the perpetrator. The suspect, Abdelkader D., 35 years old, is a Tunisian citizen with regular residence status (residence permit valid until February 23, 2032). He is already known to the TAJ and the territorial intelligence service for his “ violent and unstable behavior ”, according to a police source. His condition is life-threatening. The condition of the four injured, on the other hand, is not life-threatening. An investigation has been launched.
Marseille : Abdelkader D., un Tunisien déjà connu de la police, blesse plusieurs personnes au couteau en criant « Allah Akbar » ; la police le neutralise mortellement par balle (MàJ : Vidéo)
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According to our information, an argument broke out between the perpetrator and the staff of a hotel where he stopped paying his rent. The suspect, a Tunisian national who, according to a source familiar with the case, is under judicial supervision and has a weapons ban, assaulted four people, including the hotel manager and a guest, before taking to the streets and threatening border police officers. They used a stun gun before shooting the man, who was reciting a sura from the Koran. According to a source, three victims are currently in the emergency room, while a fourth victim’s life is in danger. All were wounded with a long knife and were treated by emergency services.
A man was fatally shot by police gunfire as he rampaged with an iron bar and two knives in Rue Cours Belsunce in Marseille on Tuesday afternoon, September 2, BFMTV has been told by Marseille’s public prosecutor. Shortly before, the same man had stabbed three people in a hotel room. One of them is in mortal danger.
