One killed, 10 people stabbed by two knife men in France

One person has been killed and at least nine others injured after a stabbing spree in France by two men, as video captured the alleged suspects following the attack.

A teenager was killed and with three among the nine stabbed seriously injured in a knife attack near the French city of Lyon.

The incident happened at about 4:30pm local time.

The fatality is believed to be a 19-year-old man.

Two men, one armed with a knife and the other with a metal skewer, carried out the attack in Villeurbanne, a Lyon suburb, in southeastern France, the official said, without giving further details on the motive for the stabbing

Video recorded by eyewitnesses showed a 33-year-old Afghan man arrested but police are hunting the second perpetrator who managed to flee from the scene.

One person killed & six wounded in a knife attack in a Lyon suburb #Villeurbanne. Video footage by a passerby seems to show a suspect being detained at a metro exit - police looking for another suspect. Motive for attack not yet known. pic.twitter.com/ygj2ciUdEG

— Jannat Jalil (@jannatjalil) August 31, 2019

The attack took place close to a metro station.

Two men were involved in the attack at around 4.30. One carried a kitchen knife and the other a kitchen spit, a police source said.

They targeted a 19-year-old man, who died at the scene, while nine others were also hurt, three very seriously.

In May, a parcel bomb in front of a baker’s shop in central Lyon left 14 people slightly injured.

The perpetrator, a young radicalised Algerian, who was arrested three days later, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, according to his confession.