Three women stabbed in the Paris metro. The attacker arrested

Very donne they remained wounds with a knife in the Paris Metro yes one escaped individual. This was reported by the company Paris public transport, RATP. The attacks occurred at the stations Arts and Crafts, Republic e OpéraIn the center of Paris“between 4.15pm and 4.45pm,” the RATP said. “THE’attacker fled,” according to the same source.

The person in question, “thin, of African type and with a khaki coat“, one attacked first woman with a knife at the station Republicbefore continuing its journey to the stations Arts and Crafts and then toOpéra. The suspect was arrested late in the afternoon, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office, contacted by AFP.

The reconstruction of the prosecutor’s office

Around 4pm, a man “attacked three women with a knife on metro line 3after the stations Republic, Arts and Crafts and Opera“, explained the prosecutor’s office. He was identified “thanks to video surveillance images”: “the implementation of geolocation of his mobile phone allowed his arrest at the end of the afternoon in Val d’Oise“said the same source.

The prosecutor’s office was not immediately able to specify the status of the victims’ injuries.

Security measures and support

They have been deployed security teams to put in secure the line el’victim assistance unit from the RATP has been activated to provide support for peoplesaid the operator.