Overview
- Investigating magistrates were assigned on December 31 after Paris prosecutors opened a formal judicial inquiry for attempted homicide with repeat-offender status.
- Three women were stabbed on December 26 at République, Arts et Métiers, and Opéra stations, with medical leave of 2, 5, and 10 days confirmed by prosecutors.
- The 25-year-old suspect was identified through video surveillance and mobile-phone geolocation, arrested in Val-d'Oise, then transferred to psychiatric care after custody was deemed incompatible with his health.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez acknowledged an administrative dysfunction after the man, initially treated as an irregular Malian national, was confirmed to hold a French passport; he had prior convictions including a January 2024 incarceration for aggravated theft and sexual assault.
- Separate proceedings are advancing for other recent attacks, including an alleged assault at Temple station presented in immediate appearance, and a violent robbery at Palais Royal on line 7 identified via video footage.