Knife attacker shot dead at Marseille railway station

French police have warned people to avoid Marseille's main train station amid reports of a knife attack.

Eye-witnesses say a knifeman was shot at Marseille station. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

Marseille police said an operation “is under way” while French television BFM TV reported at least one person has been stabbed and the attacker has been shot dead.

Interior Minister Gerard Collomb tweeted that he is going immediately to the scene “after the attack perpetrated near Saint Charles train station”.

The train station has been evacuated.

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