A knife attacker wounded six people in an unprovoked attack in Paris' busy Gare du Nord train station on Wednesday morning before being shot by police, the French interior minister said.
French police cordon off an area at Paris' Gare du Nord train station after a knife-wielding suspect injured six people, including a police officer, January 11, 2023.— A knife attacker wounded six people in an unprovoked attack in Paris' busy Gare du Nord train station Wednesday morning before being shot by police, the French interior minister said, praising the swift intervention of police that he said had helped prevent fatalities.
Darmanin said the unnamed assailant was currently"between life and death" in a hospital. French media reported that he was shot in the chest."Without the extremely rapid intervention, there would surely be deaths," he said, detailing how the knifeman was neutralized within one minute of attacking his first victim."At 6:42, the first acts were described. At 6:43, the police used their administrative weapon after his passage of violence," he said.
French police cordon off an area at Paris' Gare du Nord train station after a knife-wielding suspect injured six people, including a police officer, January 11, 2023.Several passengers and a border police officer were among the wounded, according to officials. The officer was stabbed in the back by the assailant, but was saved by a bulletproof vest, Darmanin said.
Video of the Gare du Nord, one of the French capital's busiest commuter stations, showed an eerie calms as dozens of police huddled nearby the Eurostar terminal entrance in areas cordoned off from the public.No specific motive, including terrorism, has currently been suggested by authorities. France remains jittery following a spate of deadly attacks since 2015.
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