Six people were slightly wounded by a knife, on Wednesday, at the Gare du Nord train station in Paris After a man attacked them, the police stopped him immediately, according to sources in the police and the Public Prosecution.
In the context, security sources and French media revealed that the perpetrator of the attack was a Libyan in his twenties, who arrived in France 3 years ago, according to Al-Arabiya / Al-Hadath correspondent.
And she added that he was known to have criminal records, but he was not known to the intelligence services, and he was not accused of having relations with a terrorist group, adding that the French police had issued a decision to deport him from the country last summer.
The police stopped him
It is noteworthy that the accident occurred at around 06:45 local time (05:45 GMT) inside the station, the largest in Europe in terms of the number of passengers, during rush hour, according to AFP.
The police officers controlled the perpetrator, using their weapons several times.
The attacker was seriously injured and received care from paramedics at the scene before being transferred to the hospital, according to the Public Prosecution.
The largest station in Europe
Gare du Nord station is the largest station in Europe and the third in the world in terms of the number of passengers, as it receives 700 thousand people daily and more than 220 million passengers a year.
Trains departing from the station also head north Franceas well as global destinations such as London via Eurostar trains, Belgium and the Netherlands via Thalys trains.
