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Attack on Paris train station: Suspect in custody
People wait behind a police line in front of the Gare du Nord train station in Paris. photo
© Michel Euler/AP/dpa
A man with a stabbing weapon injured six people in the attack on Wednesday morning. He is now in police custody.
After the attack on Paris Gare du Nord, the suspect was taken into police custody. The man is accused of attempted murder, the Paris prosecutor announced on Thursday.
A man with a stabbing weapon injured six people in the attack on Wednesday morning. The police shot the man and overpowered him. He was first taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and, according to the prosecutor, in custody in the evening.
The man’s identity is still under investigation. The newspaper “Le Parisien” reported, citing police circles, that the man was Libyan and had to leave the country.