Overview
- Three women sustained superficial wounds in successive knife attacks Friday on line 3 at République, Arts-et-Métiers and Opéra.
- Investigators used metro CCTV to identify the suspect and arrested him in Sarcelles via geolocation of his mobile phone.
- Prosecutors opened a case for attempted voluntary homicide and armed violence, assigning the inquiry to the Sûreté régionale des transports.
- Authorities say a terrorist motive is not favored at this stage and describe the man as mentally unbalanced.
- The Interior Ministry identifies him as a Malian national in an irregular situation with prior convictions, an OQTF, and a past release from detention with residence assignment due to unexecuted removal.