Two men have reportedly been killed by police in the southern French city of Marseilles.

According to the regional newspaper La Provence, the two victims were in their 20s and led police on a car chase around the Chartreux district of the city. 

🔴 #Marseille : deux morts lors d'une fusillade dans le quartier des Chartreux https://t.co/trBhRXUL1b pic.twitter.com/0SjCkYEqeu

— La Provence (@laprovence) 7 August 2016

Nouveau règlement de compte 13004 #Marseille pic.twitter.com/TfQtgyERS9

— Sylvain Poncet (@padawanprod) 7 August 2016

The reasons for the shootings are currently unknown.

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