Six people were slightly stabbed Wednesday at the Gare du Nord train station in Paris after they were attacked by a man who was immediately arrested by police, according to police and prosecutors sources.
In this regard, sources in the security services and the French media reported that the perpetrator of the attack was a Libyan in his twenties who arrived in France 3 years ago, Al-Arabiya / Al-Hadath correspondent reports.
And she added that it was known about his criminal record, but not known to the special services, and he was not accused of having links with a terrorist group, adding that the French police had decided to deport him from the country. last summer.
The police stopped him
It is noteworthy that the accident occurred around 06:45 local time (05:45 Moscow time) inside Europe’s largest station in terms of the number of passengers at rush hour, according to AFP.
The police controlled the criminal, using his weapons several times.
The assailant was seriously injured and treated by paramedics at the scene before being taken to hospital, according to prosecutors.
The largest train station in Europe
The Gare du Nord station is the largest station in Europe and the third largest in the world in terms of the number of passengers, as it receives 700 thousand people daily and more than 220 million passengers a year.
Trains from the station also run to northern France, as well as to international destinations such as London on Eurostar trains and Belgium and the Netherlands on Thalys trains.
