French police shoot armed man near Avignon who shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’

From Reuters via the Jerusalem Post. Less than two hours after another man, also shouting Allah Akbar, murdered three worshippers at the Basilica in Nice. 

French police shot dead a man in Montfavet, near the city of Avignon in southern France, after he had earlier threatened passersby with a handgun, police said, confirming media reports.

According to French radio station Europe 1, the man had shouted “Allahu Akbar”

According to the Mirror the man is said to be of Turkish origin