Overview
- Three women were lightly wounded in separate knife attacks on Paris Métro line 3, and a suspect was identified via CCTV and phone geolocation before being arrested in Sarcelles.
- Police custody for the metro suspect was lifted after a psychiatric evaluation deemed it incompatible, and he was transferred to a psychiatric infirmary as investigators pursue attempted homicide and weapon-assault charges under the SRT, with terrorism not favored.
- Authorities say the metro suspect is a 25-year-old Malian in an irregular situation with prior convictions who was subject to an OQTF and CRA detention before release after 90 days without a consular pass, followed by assignment to residence.
- According to police information reported by Europe 1, the metro suspect acknowledged the stabbings during initial custody and a French passport in his name was found at his home, with its authenticity under review.
- In a separate incident at Église de la Madeleine, a sacristan was struck and briefly strangled after asking a man to stop eating in the church; the suspect, also under an OQTF, was arrested and then released from custody for health reasons, and the SAIP is investigating alleged bias-motivated violence and repeated death threats in a place of worship.