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Knife and hammer attack in Paris leaves three injured; there is a detainee

  • February 3, 2024
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At least three injuredone of them is in critical condition, left iron With knife and hammer occurred this Saturday at the Paris-Lyon train station in the French capital

At least three injuredone of them is in critical condition, left iron With knife and hammer occurred this Saturday at the Paris-Lyon train station in the French capital in an incident that is not currently being investigated as a terrorist attack.

The alleged perpetrator of the attack was identified as a 32-year-old Malian from Italy, who is in a “legal situation” in France.

Police sources indicated that the subject “has a profile consistent with that of a homeless person,” has no “signs of religious extremism,” and “medicines for the treatment” of mental illness were found among his belongings.

The incident, as police sources explained to Le Figaro newspaper, began around 07:35 when The detainee set fire to his backpack on some escalators in the third metro pavilion.

After pushing the woman, the alleged perpetrator pulled a knife from his pants and stabbed the elderly man in the stomach before hitting him in the head with a hammer.

This The victim is in very serious condition and his life is in danger.so he underwent emergency surgery.

Several people immediately intervened to subdue the alleged aggressor, including a railroad agent.

Two of these people turned out to be minor injuries to the jaw and wrist.

The incident caused a temporary suspension of traffic, which has already been restored throughout the station.

Level of anti-terrorism supervision

France raised its anti-terrorism surveillance level in October last year after a jihadist attack on a teacher in Arras, in the north of the country, led to an emergency deployment of security forces, including an additional 7,000 soldiers.

On January 15, authorities reduced the level of surveillance but maintained widespread surveillance in the most vulnerable places, such as transport stations, places of worship or schools.

The warning is expected to remain in effect until the start of the Olympic Games on July 26.

Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said at the time that there was a high jihadist atmosphere in the atmosphere due to international tensions heightened by the conflict in the Middle East. (Europe Press and EFE)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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