Three stabbed, including pregnant woman, in Paris knife rampage
A pregnant woman is among three victims who have been stabbed in a horrific knife rampage in Paris.
A 31-year-old suspect, believed to have mental health issues, was arrested at the scene and was reportedly armed with two knives.
The three victims were treated by paramedics in the street in Porte de Clichy, northwest Paris, before being rushed to hospital.
Two are said to be in critical condition, but their lives are not in danger.
One was hit in the lower back, with another being stabbed in the abdomen.
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the suspect was detained by an off-duty officer who witnessed the attack.
The suspect’s identity and motive were not immediately clear.
Nunez added that he made “incoherent statements”, and warned against jumping to conclusions about his motive.
A shocking video on social media appears to show the attacker running through the streets wielding two knives.
One particularly chilling moment shows the man appear to lunge at a woman with the knife as he runs past her.
Terrified bystanders are seen running away from him before a group manage to pin him down with a chair.
Blood can be seen coating his right hand and the camera pans to show the knives abandoned on a zebra crossing.
Anti-terrorism police have not taken up the case and it is not the leading theory.
The office said it is “monitoring the procedure conducted by the Paris prosecutor’s office”.
Paris mayor Emmanuel Gregoire wrote on X: “I extend all my thoughts to the victims of this act of extreme violence.
“The investigation must shed light on the motivations of the perpetrator. Deep gratitude to the off-duty police officer who subdued the assailant.”
It comes several months after three women were stabbed on a Paris metro train.
The attacker is said to have pulled a knife on the victims at different stations on line three of the network, which runs between Bagnolet (Seine-Saint-Denis) and Levallois-Perret (Hauts-de-Seine).
Terrified bystanders are seen running away from him before a group manage to pin him down with a chair.
Blood can be seen coating his right hand and the camera pans to show the knives abandoned on a zebra crossing.
Anti-terrorism police have not taken up the case and it is not the leading theory.
The office said it is “monitoring the procedure conducted by the Paris prosecutor’s office”.
Paris mayor Emmanuel Gregoire wrote on X: “I extend all my thoughts to the victims of this act of extreme violence.
“The investigation must shed light on the motivations of the perpetrator. Deep gratitude to the off-duty police officer who subdued the assailant.”
It comes several months after three women were stabbed on a Paris metro train.
The attacker is said to have pulled a knife on the victims at different stations on line three of the network, which runs between Bagnolet (Seine-Saint-Denis) and Levallois-Perret (Hauts-de-Seine).
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