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

One person died and three others were seriously injured on Saturday in a knife attack in France's Mulhouse that President Emmanuel Macron said was an 'Islamist terror act', Reuters reported. France's national anti-terror prosecutors unit (PNAT),

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.

The attacker, an Algerian male, was on a terror prevention watchlist and under judicial supervision, according to the anti-terrorism prosecution office.

One person died and two police officers were seriously injured Saturday in a knife attack in eastern France that President Emmanuel Macron said was an "Islamist terror act".Prosecutors said three more officers were lightly wounded in the attack in the city of Mulhouse,

One person has died and two police officers were seriously injured in a knife attack in eastern France that President Emmanuel Macron said was an "Islamist terror act".

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.