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A knifeman was shot dead by police machine gun fire in Bordeaux tonight after he allegedly stabbed one passer-by to death and wounded another.
The bloodbath unfolded just before 8pm on Wednesday in the south west French city, at end of the evening rush hour.
'A police officer used his machine gun to kill the assailant on the Left Bank of the Garonne river, just after he had attacks by the city hall,' said an investigating source.
TV journalist Amaury Bucco posted a video of one of the alleged stabbings, saying the attacker was a 'man dressed in a djellaba and armed with a knife' close to the Pont de Pierre [Peter Bridge].
There was no early indication as to the motive of the stabbings, but it came on a night of high tension across France, following warnings of an attack on football stadium by ISIS.
It came on a night of high tension across France, following warnings of an attack on football stadium by ISIS
Local prosecutors confirmed that the attacker was dead, along with one of his victims.
A third person suffered 'very serious stab wounds,' and was in intensive
