A senior French official says an attacker has killed two people before being killed by police in a town west of Paris.
Jean-Jacques Brot, the top government administrator in the Yvelines region, tweeted that the attacker earlier today in the town of Trappes was neutralized and has passed on.
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.
France has been on constant alert for jihadist terrorist attacks since the Paris attacks of 2015.
Trappes is known for gang violence and poverty.
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