Overview
- Three women were stabbed on Line 3 at République, Arts-et-Métiers and Opéra on December 26, receiving medical leave assessments of 2, 5 and 10 days.
- The suspected attacker, age 25, was identified through CCTV and phone geolocation and arrested in Val-d’Oise before his police custody was lifted on health grounds and he was hospitalized in psychiatry.
- On December 31, Paris prosecutors opened a judicial investigation for attempted homicide as a repeat offense and sought bring‑in warrants.
- The Interior Ministry said the suspect had been jailed in January 2024 for aggravated theft and sexual assault and acknowledged a processing error after he was initially described as under an expulsion order despite holding a French passport.
- Separate incidents on the network are being handled in distinct procedures, including a hammer attack at Temple with a suspect sent to immediate appearance and a violent assault at Palais Royal identified via video analysis.