Police officers constrain a suspect in the scene of the Marseille attack on October 1, 2017. (Photo: AFP/VNA) |
French Interior Minister Gérard Collomb said it was a terrorist attack but French authorities haven’t yet officially confirmed that. Marseille mayor Jean-Claude Gaudin and French policemen called the stabbing a terrorist attack. Witnesses said the attacker shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest) at the start of his rampage.