The assault befell early Sunday afternoon, in keeping with the Rhône prefecture. Passengers had earlier reported the erratic behaviour of a person wielding a knife.
A 27-year-old Moroccan man was arrested and brought into police custody following a knife assault that injured 4 individuals within the Lyon metro on Sunday afternoon.
“A person armed with a knife injured 4 individuals within the Lyon metro between the Debourg and Place Jean-Jaurès stations,” Lyon public prosecutor Thierry Dran knowledgeable native media.
The suspect, beforehand unknown to the police, has been hospitalised a number of occasions for psychiatric points and has been topic to an obligation to go away French territory since 2022, Fabienne Buccio, Prefect of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes area and Prefect of the Rhône, advised BFMTV.
“Two victims had been in important situation, one was reasonably injured, and one other sustained minor accidents,” a prefecture launch mentioned.
“A number of traumatised witnesses acquired psychological help,” the assertion added.
The suspect has reportedly been taken into police custody, with investigations entrusted to the Lyon interdepartmental directorate of the nationwide police (DIPN).
Based on a police supply, two of the injured had been stabbed within the stomach and one other within the arm. Firefighters reported that two victims had been handled within the metro in important situation.
The primary sufferer, who suffered essentially the most extreme accidents, was a 17-year-old unaccompanied minor from Guinea, in keeping with a police supply.
“The Metropolis of Lyon condemns this notably critical act,” Mohamed Chihi, deputy mayor answerable for safety, posted on X.
Rhône prefect Fabienne Buccio expressed her “help” for the victims and their households, thanked the “workers of the interdepartmental directorate of the nationwide police for the swift arrest of the suspect,” and praised the intervention of the hearth division and the ambulance service.
