One person has died and several are wounded following a knife attack at a town market in eastern France, in what French authorities have described as an act of terror.

One person is dead and multiple police officers are injured following a knife attack in a city in Eastern France Saturday, officials confirmed.

The knife-wielding maniac shouted “Allahu Akbar” as he attacked and killed a civilian passerby — before setting upon a group of municipal officers in Mulhouse, France.