TWO women have been injured after a hammer-wielding man assaulted them while yelling "Allahu Akbar" in Chalon-sur-Saône, France, according to reports.

The attacker, wearing all black, is still on the run, according to French media.

2 Two women were attacked in the French town of Chalon-sur-Saône in the east of the country, file photo. Credit: Alamy

The two assaults happened near Place de Beaune, around 15 minutes apart just before midday.

The local prosecutor's office said witnesses of the attack in a public park of the town centre heard the attacker shout Allahu Akbar while hitting the women.

Prosecutors said they were treating the incident as a possible terror attack, but also did not rule out the possibility the attacker was unwell.

One of the two women is believed to have been hit in the back of the head and both have bee taken to hospital.

A helicopter has been dispatched to hunt down the attacker.

Chalon-sur-Saône is a town in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, in eastern France.

It comes after a man armed with a knife has this morning attacked a soldier at a Paris Metro station.

It occurred outside Chatelet station, but no-one was injured, French media report.

2 The man lunged at the soldier with a knife by Chatelet metro station (file picture) but did not injure him Credit: Getty Images - Getty

The attacker didn't cause any injuries to the soldier, and he was arrested shortly after.

The soldier was deployed to the area as part of the army's Operation Sentinel, established in the wake of the city's 2015 terror attack.

Some 10,000 soldiers and almost 5,000 police officers were deployed to guard the city.

It comes as those protecting city landmarks have increasingly become targets for lone jihadis.

In June, an ISIS-inspired PhD student lunged at cops with a hammer outside Paris' Notre Dame cathedral.

The French landmark was put on lockdown with 900 people barricaded inside it as shots rang out when Farid Ikken screamed "this is for Syria" before lunging at cops.

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