(23 Aug 2018) A man armed with a knife has attacked passersby, killing two people and seriously injuring two others, before being shot dead by police in Trappes, west of Paris, BFM-TV reported on Thursday.
Jean-Jacques Brot, the top government administrator in the Yvelines region, tweeted that the attacker Thursday in the town of Trappes was "neutralized" and had died.
The tweet also said that two of the attacker's victims were killed and another seriously injured.
Earlier, media reports said the attacker had used a knife on his victims before being shot by police.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack in a posting on its Aamaq news agency.
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