Man armed with knife kills two in attacks in southeast France

The town is currently under a coronavirus lockdown, although people are allowed out to buy essentials."This morning, a man embarked a terrorist journey, killing 2 people and wounding 5 others," Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said during a visit to the town.Castaner said security services would investigate the circumstances of the incident, working with the national anti-terrorism prosecutor who will decide whether or not to qualify the incident as a terrorist act.The attacks took place in the morning outside a bakery where customers were queuing, and at shops in the town centre, according to Mayor Marie-Hélène Thoraval, who said the assailant had been arrested.BFM TV and LCI TV news stations reported that the suspect is a Sudanese national who has been granted asylum in France.Witnesses told Reuters the man struck at random and in several places while moving around the town centre.