PARIS (Reuters) – Three people were injured in a knife attack in the Lyon metro on Sunday, authorities said.
A suspect was arrested, the local prefecture said.
According to the media ActuLyon citing a police source, the arrested suspect, aged 27, is known to the police for common law crimes.
Arrested without difficulty at the Jean-Jaurès metro station, the man did not state any religious or political demands when stabbing his victims, the same source added.
Mohamed Chihi, deputy security officer at Lyon town hall, posted a message on social networks condemning “this particularly serious act”.
(Reporting Ingrid Melander and Elizabeth Pineau; French version Elizabeth Pineau)
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