Family shocked by denial of "state failings" before 2017 Marseille station knife attack An appeal by the parents of two students killed in a knife attack at Marseille's Gare Saint-Charles station in October 2017 has been heard by Lyon's administrative court. The relatives of the two young women want recognition of the State's responsibility for failings leading up to the deadly attack but the public prosecutor ruled out any State fault. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES