by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau Chief
MARSEILLE, FRANCE (Worthy News) – A stabbing rampage in southern France’s c
ity of Marseille injured at least five people before police fatally shot the attacker, authorities said.
The man, a Tunisian national with legal residency, launched the attack Tuesday afternoon local time after being evicted from a hotel for nonpayment of rent, according to investigators.
He was reportedly armed with two knives and a baton.
Prosecutor Nicolas Bessone said the assailant first attacked someone in his former hotel room, then stabbed the hotel manager and the manager’s son before continuing to a nearby snack bar and into the streets, where he attempted random attacks on passers-by.
Police “neutralized” him after he refused to drop his weapons, officials said, adding that the investigation is in its early stages and the motive remains unknown.
However the attack was due to to highten tensions over massive migration from mainly Islamic nations in France.
The public prosecutor did not yet connect the incident to broader social or political strife.
Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau visited Marseille as the port city has grappled with gang violence and drug-related crime.
Copyright 1999-2026 Worthy News. This article was originally published on Worthy News and was reproduced with permission.
More Worthy News
A single citizen tip ignited Operation Reclaim and Rebuild, a sweeping, week-long human trafficking operation that rescued nearly 20 children, uncovered residential brothels, and led to more than 600 arrests across California, authorities said this week.
Europe reeled Sunday after newly released U.S. Justice Department files detailing the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s global contacts shook royal houses and governments, triggering resignations, investigations and political fallout across several European countries.
The Trump administration announced it will no longer abide by the expired New START nuclear arms agreement, arguing the treaty fails to restrain Russia’s expanding arsenal and excludes China’s rapidly growing nuclear forces, according to a senior State Department official.
Hungary’s main opposition leader is demanding answers over 650 billion forints ($2 billion) in disputed funds linked to foundation structures created by the Hungarian National Bank (MNB), branding the case “the world’s biggest bank robbery.”
One of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) most recognizable intelligence publications, long sought by journalists and researchers seeking factual information about countries, has suddenly disappeared.
Several Christian families in Pakistan’s Punjab province were recovering from injuries Sunday after what they described as “targeted attacks” by suspected Islamic extremists, reflecting broader pressure on Christians and other minorities in the Muslim-majority nation.
Iran’s leadership has flatly refused to abandon uranium enrichment or scale back its ballistic missile program, even as President Donald Trump intensifies a dual-track strategy of diplomacy and military pressure aimed at forcing a broader agreement with Tehran.