Marseille, Feb 19 (AFP) French police on Tuesday killed a man who wounded two pedestrians in a knife attack in the southern city of Marseille, officials said.

A third person suffered leg wounds from bullet fragments, police said. The knife attack occurred in the afternoon on a busy street in the centre of the port city, the second largest in France.

Police said they opened fire on the assailant when he threatened them with a weapon.

The reason for the attack was not immediately known. (AFP)

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