marseille france/paris two women stab death assailant shoot dead soldier southern french port city marseille sunday officials describe likely terrorist act police source say suspect shout allahu akbar god great arabic attack women age 17 20 marseille main railway station two police source say one throat slit stab chest stomach islamic state militant responsible attack group amaq news agency say assailant shoot dead soldier military sentinelle patrol force deploy across country part state emergency declare islamist attack begin almost two years ago manage avoid dramatic incidents marseille think terrorist attack individual kill seem several identities marseille mayor jean-claude gaudin tell reporters paris rock 2015 multiple attack kill 130 people 2016 gunman drive truck crowd celebrate bastille day nice kill 86 people attack claim islamic state countries include britain germany belgium also suffer attack militants use knives gun explosives drive vehicles crowd 200 police officer cordoned area roads close traffic witness tell reuters saw man take knife sleeve stab young girl second woman shout could allahu akbar speak marseille interior minister gerard collomb say man initially kill one woman look run away return attack second woman rush toward soldier sentinelle force arrive scene quickly shoot dead two police source say attacker carry butch knife around 30 years old north african appearance one source say know police common law crimes another say digital analysis fingerprint come several aliases could act terrorism confirm fully stage collomb tell reporters french troop part u.s.-led coalition fight islamic state syria iraq thousands soldier west africa fight al qaeda-linked militants operations make group urge followers target france security force increasingly target militants knife attack man wield knife attack soldier paris metro station sept. 15. president emmanuel macron say twitter disgust barbaric act praise calmness efficiency security force french lawmakers due vote much-criticized anti-terrorism law tuesday would see france come state-of-emergency november although power would enshrine law number military personnel grind also due reduce slightly although force adapt make mobile movements less predictable presence sentinelle soldier speed efficiency ensure death count big police union official stephane battaglia tell reuters knifeman yell 'allahu akbar shoot dead kill two france