A knife attack leaves 3 injured in Lyon – DW – 05/26/2024

French police have arrested a suspect following an apparent knife attack on Sunday in the country's third-largest city, Lyon. The attacker is said to have targeted people in the city's metro.

“Our thoughts are with the three injured people,” deputy mayor Mohamed Chihi said in an online message.

Victims receiving medical care

The victims were receiving medical treatment.

None of the three victims suffered life-threatening injuries, according to a police source cited by the AFP news agency. The source added that two people were injured in the abdomen. All three victims had arm injuries.

Some local sources later suggested that four people were injured in the attack.

The attack took place on a metro train in the early afternoon, according to the local newspaper. Progress reported. A spokesperson for the Lyon public transport company said the metro was very busy at the time of the attack.

Lyon is the third largest city in France after Paris and Marseille, with a population of around 1.75 million inhabitants.

French prosecutors investigate “attempted homicide”

The French prosecutor's office is investigating for “attempted homicide”.

The CR news site reported that the suspect was a Moroccan national.

Furthermore, the ActuLyon website cited a police source as saying that the suspect was 27 years old and had a history of minor crimes. The alleged attacker had not made any religious or political statements, according to the anonymous source.

Progress reported that the man had been hospitalized in the past for psychiatric disorders.

dj/wd (Reuters, AFP)