French police arrested a man suspected of stabbing three women in the Paris metro on Friday, December 26, as the capital's end-of-year festivities were in full swing, prosecutors told AFP and Le Monde.
The three victims were attacked at three different locations along the Line 3 metro line that runs across central Paris, the the RATP public transport authority told AFP. The attacks happened between 4:15 pm (1515 GMT) and 4:45 pm at the stations Republique and Arts et Metiers – both next to the Marais district – and the Opera station, the RATP said. "The victims were quickly taken care of by the emergency services," it said.
An AFP journalist at the Republique station saw a security team treating a woman who had been wounded in the leg and appeared to be in a state of shock.
Police used surveillance-camera footage and mobile-tracking tools to locate the suspected attacker in the northern Paris region's Val d'Oise department, said prosecutors. "Activating the gelocation of his mobile phone led to his arrest late afternoon in Val d'Oise," they said. "The police are on site. Back-up security teams have been deployed to reinforce safety on the line," it added.
'Maximum vigilance'
