Knife wielding man shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ kills two female passengers in France

Eyewitnesses have recounted how a knife wielding man ‘dressed in black’ and shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’, stabbed two women to death with a butcher’s knife who screamed for their lives, as others ran for safety in Marseille, France.

According to CNN, a knife-wielding man attacked the victims at the Saint Charles train station.

Police officials said one woman was stabbed to death while another woman’s throat was slit, according to the Associated Press.

The assailant was then shot dead by soldiers who were patrolling inside the station.

The suspect who killed victims, aged 17 and 20, is thought to be aged 25 to 30, and was known to authorities for common law crimes while analysis of his fingerprints came up with several aliases.

Anti-terror officials said they were investigating ‘links to a terrorist organisation’ and the ‘attempted killing of a public official’, the identity of which is currently unknown.

Photographs from the scene showed a woman lying on the ground and armed police standing over the attacker. A white sheet was later placed over his body.