Another person was also reportedly injured.

People have been urged to avoid the area after a man from the UK was believed to have been attacked from behind with a hammer while walking through the French capital with his family, The Sun reports.

The bloodbath happened on the Grenelle quay, in the 15th arrondissement of the French capital, at around 10pm.

France’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin confirmed “passers-by” were assaulted in the Quai de Grenelle area.

He said the alleged attacker has been arrested and the injured person was being treated by emergency services.

Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Mr Darmanin said: “The police have just courageously arrested an assailant attacking passers-by in Paris, around the Quai de Grenelle.

“One deceased person and one injured person treated by the Paris Fire Brigade. Please avoid the area.”

At the scene, Mr Darmanin confirmed the man killed was a German tourist.

“A man attacked a couple who were foreign tourists. A German tourist who was born in the Philippines died from the stabbing,” he said, as French anti-terror prosecutors said they would investigate the killing.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said the alleged attacker is French, born in 1997 and has been arrested in an investigation into murder and attempted murder.

The alleged attacker had already been sentenced in 2016 to “four years in prison” for planning another attack, Mr Darmanin said.

At the time, he had been arrested by the French national security agency before carrying out the act, the minister added.

On Saturday, he reportedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” (“God is greatest”) before being arrested, French police sources told AFP.

The alleged attacker is known to follow radical Islam and has mental illness, a police source told AFP.

The suspect said he could not stand Muslims being killed in the world, according to a police source.

According to local media, the alleged attacker was “immobilised with an electric stun gun” as he ran up the Avenue du Parc de Passy.

French newspaper Le Parisien is reporting that a knife and hammer were used in the alleged attack.

It’s added that the person who died was found in cardiorespiratory arrest on the Bir-Hakeim bridge.

He died from a stab wound to his back and shoulder.

The British tourist reportedly suffered a head injury on Avenue du President Kennedy after being attacked with a hammer.

He is believed to have been walking with his wife and child when the alleged attacker came up from behind and struck him.

“The family were on the Avenue President Kennedy when they were set upon,” said an investigating source. “A hammer was used to hit the man over the head.”

The Englishman was rushed to hospital, where his condition was later described as “stable”.

A third victim was also badly hurt in a hammer attack, said the source.

A security cordon is currently in place by the incidents as police carry out investigations.

Officers said there was no early indication as to the motive of the stabbing.

This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission

– with AFP