BREAKING NEWS - Two passengers are killed as attacker shouting 'Allahu Akbar' slits a woman's throat France
Knifeman is arrested on Oxford Street London in front of horrified shoppers
Attacker stabbed two female passengers at Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles
He was shot dead by the French army who swarmed the area this afternoon
Reports claim he was heard shouting 'Allahu Akbar' before stabbing passengers
Both victims were women, one of whom was left 'with a sliced neck'
Police were called to the busy retail area at 2.32pm
A man was arrested in front of shocked shoppers for carrying a blade
A 'knifeman' has been arrested in London's Oxford Street in front of horrified shoppers.
Metropolitan Police officers were called at 2.32pm to reports of a 45-year-old man seen with a knife at Hill Place, by the Junction with Oxford Street.
The Met spokesman said: 'He was detained by 14.40pm. There were no reports of injuries.'
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A man carrying a butcher's knife and shouting 'Allahu Akbar' killed two female passengers before being shot dead by soldiers at Marseille's train station in southern France.
The attack at Marseille's busiest train station took place early this afternoon, as scores of armed police officers and soldiers swarmed the area.
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