PARIS — An attacker stabbed six folks on Wednesday on the busy Gare du Nord station in Paris earlier than being shot and apprehended by police, authorities stated.
The Gare du Nord is a busy commuter hub which additionally serves as a departure level for trains to northern France, London and northern Europe.
Police have been treating the stabbings as tried homicide, not as a terrorist assault, a supply near the case stated.
The attacker’s motive was not instantly clear.
One of the six folks was severely wounded within the assault at 6:42 am (0542 GMT), whereas the opposite 5 sustained mild accidents, prosecutors stated.
The whole incident was over inside two minutes, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin advised reporters on the scene.
It was not instantly clear what kind of weapon the attacker had used.
Police initially described it as a bladed weapon. Darmanin later stated it was not truly a knife, however a “threatening weapon.”
Le Parisien newspaper stated it was believed to be a pointy pointed device, “a kind of awl.”
The attacker sustained accidents to the chest after police fired three rounds. He was taken to hospital the place he was preventing for his life, Darmanin stated.
The police who intervened have been off-duty officers in plain garments who used their service weapons to cease the assault, he stated.
The cops “were returning from duty at police headquarters to take their train and go home, but they were armed”, Darmanin stated.
They have been approved to utilize their weapons though not on obligation, he stated.
One member of the border police deployed on the station was evenly injured.
“An individual injured several people this morning at the Gare du Nord,” Darmanin had tweeted earlier.
“He was quickly neutralized. Thank you to the police for their effective and courageous response.”
The incident brought on delays to trains on the station within the early morning rush as police cordoned off the station, and arrange giant white curtains across the assault scene.
But no providers have been cancelled, a spokesman for rail operator SNCF advised AFP.
The Gare du Nord is without doubt one of the world’s busiest prepare stations with 700,000 vacationers per day.
It is the departure level for Eurostar and Thalys providers to the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.
France stays on a state of heightened safety alert after a spate of lethal assaults by Islamist radicals, and others, since 2015. — Agence France-Presse
