The man in his twenties who injured six people, including one seriously, with a punch Wednesday morning at the Gare du Nord in Paris, was taken into custody for attempted murder, the prosecution said on Thursday. from Paris. The state of health of this man, who was shot and wounded by the police, was deemed compatible with such a measure, according to the prosecution.
He had been hospitalized, shot twice in the chest and once in the arm after a police officer from the border police (PAF), in uniform and on duty, and another from the Ile-de-France network brigade (BRF), in civilian and out of service, who were on the scene at the time of the events, had opened fire.
The attacker registered under several identities
In a press release published at the end of the day on Wednesday, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau indicated that this man in his twenties had “suddenly started, for no apparent reason at this stage, to hit a first victim with his weapon. , victim to whom he struck about twenty blows” with a “metal hook”. In total, six people were injured: two men aged 41 and 36, a 46-year-old police officer assigned to the Gare du Nord PAF, and three women aged 40, 47, and 53.
According to the prosecution on Thursday, the identity of the attacker is still being checked. He is indeed “registered under several identities in the automated fingerprint file fed by his declarations during previous procedures of which he was the subject”, indicated Ms. Beccuau on Wednesday, who specified that he “could” be born in Algeria or Libya. A police source for his part claimed that he was a Libyan born in 2000 under an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF), which could not be implemented due to instability. who reigns in Libya.