Overview
- Paris transport police opened an inquiry for attempted homicide after three women were lightly wounded in knife attacks on Metro Line 3, with a 25-year-old suspect arrested in the Val-d’Oise following identification via cameras and phone geolocation.
- The Interior Ministry said the metro suspect is a Malian national previously convicted and subject to an unenforced 2025 obligation to leave French territory, noting his prior detention and subsequent assignment to residence.
- In Bordeaux’s Aubiers district, a 19-year-old died from gunshot wounds after a drive-by attack; two suspects were detained soon after in Bruges and investigators recovered an assault rifle, with the DCOS handling a probe for organized murder.
- In Pamiers (Ariège), prosecutors opened a murder investigation into the death of a 43-year-old homeless man, ordered an autopsy indicating a fatal skull fracture as likely cause, and placed three people in custody with SIPJ Toulouse assisting.
- Separate inquiries in Marseille and Lille address suspected intimate-partner violence, including a fatal fall of a 45-year-old woman from a tower in Marseille with her partner detained, and the death of a 34-year-old woman in Lille with her companion in custody.