Breaking news: Four children from same family and several others stabbed in Paris

Five people, including four children, from one family have been fatally stabbed and many others wounded in a knife strike in Paris.

According to local media records, the accuser, a relative of the family, was discovered at the scene unconscious with a knife and hammer by his side.

Police are reviewing the attack, which took place in on Rue Emmanuel Arago in Noisy-le-Sec, an eastern suburb in Paris.

Four children and one woman were pronounced dead following the attack. Five additional people, including the attacker, were wounded and three of them sustained serious injuries, reported TV broadcaster BFM Paris.