One person has been killed and several police officers injured in a knife attack in France that president Emmanuel Macron described as “Islamist terrorism”.A man shouting "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest") launched the attack at a packed market in the eastern city of Mulhouse on Saturday afternoon,

As he began his attack, the 37-year-old was heard shouting, “Allahu akbar,” according to France’s antiterrorism police. The Arabic phrase, meaning “God is great,” is an everyday expression used in religious and nonreligious settings alike, but has also become a war cry in some terrorist attacks by Islamic fundamentalists.

French anti-terrorism prosecutors say a knife attack in eastern France has left one dead and at least two wounded.