Emmanuel Macron

French police launched a terrorism investigation after Two People were killed and five wounded in a knife attack in South-East France.

The attacker entered a tobacconist shop in Romans-sur-Isère, Near Grenoble, and stabbed the owner and a customer.

then He attacked several people at two other shops before arrested.

the Prosecutor's office said The Suspect was a Sudanese refugee who lived in his 30s, in the city. Two Other People were also arrested, police said.

At The Time of his arrest on Saturday, The Man was "on the knee on the sidewalk to pray in Arabic," prosecutors said.

David-Olivier Reverdy, of the National Police Alliance union, said that had The Man , The Police asked to kill him.

Counter-terrorism prosecutors said they had launched an investigation, the linked in "murder with a terrorist enterprise".

The accused was not previously known, The Police or the intelligence services, the news site France reported Bleu.

during a visit to the city, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner , A Man said: "This Morning , on a terrorist travel. "

mayor Marie-hélène Thoraval told the news Agency AFP news agency that went after leaving The Tobacconist , The Suspect in a butcher's shop, where he grabbed another knife before attacking people queuing outside a bakery.

The Butcher ' s shop-owner, Ludovic Breyton, said: "He took a knife, jumped over The Counter and stabbed a customer, then ran away. My Wife has tried to help The Victim , but In Vain . "

In a statement, the Prosecutor said initial investigations suggest the attacker "a determined murderous course is aimed to seriously disturb public order through intimidation or terror".

During a search of The Suspect , the home of the "hand-written documents were found with religious connotations," it said.

the prosecutors said they arrested a second Sudanese man, that the accused home and on Sunday revealed that a third person - "a young Sudanese man from the same household" - was also in custody.

Two of the wounded were in a Critical Condition .

President Emmanuel Macron described The Attack as an "odious" incident, the more sad a country, the go already today, by an ordeal.

"My thoughts are with The Victims of the Romans-sur-Isère - attack-the injured, their families," he tweeted.

Mr Macron promised that "light will be shed" on The Crime .

France is currently in lockdown due to the Corona Virus pandemic. People are only allowed to buy basic necessities or for the exercise.

The country was level on the highest alert since 2015, when Paris was taken, in the case of a series of attacks on the Islamic state group.

Source of news: bbc.com