Tunis Complains After French Police Shoot Tunisian National in Knife Attack
6th September 2025
The city of Marseille has just witnessed another knife crime: a Tunisian man who attacked and stabbed five people in a hotel in the city had to be shot dead by the police. Now Tunisia is accusing France of unlawfully killing the attacker and is demanding an inquiry.
The incident took place on the afternoon of Tuesday, September 2nd. The attacker, a Tunisian national with (allegedly) legal status in France, was evicted from the hotel for not paying his bills. He returned to the scene at around 3 p.m., went up to his former room and stabbed the person occupying the room, who is now in a “state of absolute emergency.” He then continued his murderous rampage by attacking the hotel manager, before continuing into the street and stabbing the manager’s son in the back. Armed with two knives and a baton, he then attacked customers at a nearby snack bar before a police patrol intervened and asked him to drop his weapons. When the man refused to comply, the police opened fire and killed him.
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The Tunisian foreign minister has conveyed his “strong protest” to the French representative in Tunis and demanded a swift investigation. Through him, the Tunisian government also pledged to defend the rights of the deceased and his family.
They ought to dump his corpse on the steps of the Tunis embassy and let it rot there.