Overview
- Prosecutors opened a formal judicial investigation for attempted homicide in recidivism, with requisitions for a warrant to bring the suspect before judges.
- Three women were stabbed in successive attacks on line 3 at République, Arts et Métiers and Opéra, with medical leave of 2, 5 and 10 days recorded.
- The suspect was identified through CCTV and geolocated via his mobile phone, leading to his arrest in Val-d'Oise.
- Police custody was lifted as incompatible with his health, and doctors ordered his psychiatric hospitalization.
- The Interior Minister acknowledged a procedural dysfunction over the man's administrative status, while noting prior 2024 imprisonment for aggravated theft and sexual assault, and separate recent assaults on the network are being prosecuted in parallel.