Four people injured in knife attack in Lyon metro The attack took place early Sunday afternoon, according to the Rhône prefecture. Passengers had earlier reported the erratic behaviour of an individual wielding a knife.

(Euronews) A 27-year-old Moroccan man was arrested and taken into police custody following a knife attack that injured four people in the Lyon metro on Sunday afternoon.

“An individual armed with a knife injured four people in the Lyon metro between the Debourg and Place Jean-Jaurès stations,” Lyon public prosecutor Thierry Dran informed local media.

The suspect, previously unknown to the police, has been hospitalised multiple times for psychiatric issues and has been subject to an obligation to leave French territory since 2022, Fabienne Buccio, prefect of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and prefect of the Rhône, told BFMTV.

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