A man armed with a knife stabbed three women on line 3 of the Paris metro this Friday between 4:15 pm and 4:45 pm. The attacks occurred at the Arts-et-Métiers, République, and Opéra stations on the line running between Bagnolet (Seine-Saint-Denis) and Levallois-Perret (Hauts-de-Seine), according to Le Parisien citing police sources.The suspect pulled out a knife and attacked the women, who sustained minor injuries to their backs and thighs. Paris firefighters quickly attended to the victims at each station.“The young woman was injured in the thigh,” testified a woman who was at the République station at the time of the attack. “There was quite a lot of blood; it was a pretty deep cut.”According to police, the suspect then fled via metro line 8 and was arrested at his home in Sarcelles (Val-d’Oise). He was reportedly of Malian origin and was born in 2000. The possibility of terrorism was ruled out; investigators believe it was the act of a mentally unstable individual.By two hours after the attacks, life had returned to normal at Opéra and République, and line 3 was operating as usual.This is a developing story.
