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Investigating Judges Assigned as Paris Opens Attempted Homicide Inquiry Into Metro Stabbings

The 25-year-old was traced via surveillance then arrested in Val-d'Oise before psychiatric hospitalization.

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.