The shooting was reported by Reuters citing a police source.
Elite police troops were deployed at the scene of the shooting in the Mediterranean port city.
Report: #French special units are in a standoff with the Gunman.unclear if there are more then on gunman #Marseillehttp://ift.tt/1DWqpkk
— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) February 9, 2015
BREAKING: Hooded gunmen fire on #Marseille police ahead of French PM visit http://t.co/n6cvCMRxJV http://ift.tt/1A9Iz3m
— RT (@RT_com) February 9, 2015
But Le Figaro newspaper said the shooting was not another terrorist attack, but was related to drug gang wars.
According to Euronews, Valls was not in the city at the moment of the attack. His arrival is expected later in the afternoon.
Security in France remains a hot issue in the wake of Islamist attacks last month, when gunmen massacred journalists from the satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo and took hostages at a kosher supermarket.
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