PARIS, May 12 (Xinhua) -- A man randomly attacked bystanders with a knife on Saturday night in central Paris, Paris prefecture confirmed.
"Five people in the 2nd district of Paris were attacked by an individual armed with a knife," the prefecture tweeted.
"One victim died. Two were seriously injured and two were wounded slightly," it added.
The knife attacker, not identified yet, was shot dead by police, it added.