France: Five injured after stabbing in Marseille, police killed attacker

French police on Tuesday shot and killed a man suspected of injuring several people with a knife in central Marseille, the country’s second-largest city, a police source said.

According to prosecutor Nicolas Bessone, the attacker, a Tunisian national, stabbed five people and one of the victims is in "critical condition".

The attack took place in the afternoon near the Old Port, a well-known area for drug trafficking in this southeastern French city.

The man attacked the manager of a hotel, from which he had been evicted for non-payment, as well as the manager’s son, another guest, and two passers-by, Bessone said.

For the moment, authorities are investigating the incident, with the National Anti-Terrorism Court (PNAT) monitoring the case. Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau is scheduled to arrive at 8:30 p.m. local time at Evêché, Marseille’s central police station.

Fauda will not be shot in Marseille due to "security concerns"

The fifth installment of the Fauda series will be filmed in Budapest instead of Marseille for security reasons. The new season is set to air in 2026.

The production will not film much of its fifth season in the French city as originally planned, citing what N12 reported Monday as "security issues." Filming for the upcoming episodes will instead take place in Budapest, according to a source close to the directing team.

Much of the new season of the thriller series about an anti-terrorist unit, starring Lior Raz and co-created by Raz and Avi Issacharoff, was originally scheduled to take place in France. Even the trailer featured scenes of well-known locations in the city, which will likely need to be altered before the premiere.