Man stabs 6 people at a central Paris train station

Six people were injured in a central Paris train station after an unprovoked blade attack by a man. The police shot the attacker. As per the reports, the unnamed assailant was currently “between life and death” in the hospital after being shot in the chest.

According to media reports, the suspect first threw himself upon a man in front of the train station, stabbing him 15 times and seriously wounding him. The assailant then entered the station and attacked four civilians and a police officer. Screams alerted two other police officers who intervened while the suspect was attacking the officer.

The officer for France’s border guard was stabbed in the back but not seriously wounded because of a bulletproof vest. The man stabbed outside the station was the only person who sustained serious wounds in the attack, officials said. Police opened an investigation into whether the attack merited attempted assassination charges.