One dead, one injured after car rams two bus shelters in Marseille in 'deliberate' act

One person has died in Marseille after a car crashed into people waiting at two different bus stops in the southern French port, police sources told French media.

The suspected driver, reportedly a 35-year-old man known by authorities for petty crimes and mental health problems, was arrested shortly afterwards. 

A man was left seriously injured.

Yves Lefebvre, Unité SGP Police FO union: "It clearly looks like a deliberate act".

Police have not said whether they are treating the incident as a terror attack.

BFMTV cited police sources as saying that at 9.15am, a Renault Espace, which had been stolen on Monday morning, rammed a bus stop in the 11th arrondissement of Marseille , wounding a man in the  legs. 

A few minutes later, in the 13th arrondissement, the same vehicle rammed another bus stop and slammed into a 40-year old woman who died on the spot.

A witness managed to take down the number plate and police seized the driver shortly afterwards. He was reportedly known for petty crimes, but unknown to French intelligence. Sources close to the investigation said he has "known mental health problems".

Police have locked down an area  around Marseille's old port.

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