A man injured five people, including a policeman, on Wednesday morning. The police opened fire on the suspect, who was neutralized. His vital prognosis is engaged.
A man injured several people with knives this Wednesday, January 11 in the morning at the Gare du Nord (Paris), before being arrested by the police. According to police sources, the facts occurred around 6:40 a.m. The author of the attack, armed with a homemade punch-type weapon, injured five people, four station users and a border police officer (PAF). He was subsequently quicklyneutralizedby two police officers, from the PAF and the nocturnal network company (CNR), who opened fire on him.
According to our information, his vital prognosis is engaged. The injured were quickly taken care of by the emergency services. One of them was injured in the shoulder blade and evacuated in absolute emergency. The injured policeman was shot in the back by the assailant. According to a police source, the official was not on duty but was wearing a bulletproof vest, which would have saved him. The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation.
Gérald Darmanin on site
The SNCF indicated to the Figaro that the suspect, injured, had been evacuated from the station after the intervention of the emergency services. A security perimeter has been set up by the police, and the station continues to operate normally. Present on the spot with the prefect of police of Paris Laurent Nuñez and the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, spoke during a press briefing. The Minister thanked the police for their rapid intervention: “The suspect was neutralized in less than a minute by the police officers. Among them, police officers who were no longer on duty and returning home“.
The respondent, between life and death, did not have identity documents on him. According to our information, he declares his name to be Amine M. and would be in his thirties. Checks are underway to identify it. This man would not have made any verbal threat during the attack, contrary to what could be reported on social networks after his arrest. A source familiar with the matter claimed that the suspect could be a person “isolated“having taken it in such a way”indeterminateto station users.
According to our information, the criminal brigade and the regional transport security were seized. The IGPN was also seized, one of the police officers having used his firearm while he was not on duty. The circumstances of this attack are still unclear. It is not known if it is a brawl or an act of a terrorist nature. The National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) has not yet been seized.