According to the prosecutor’s office, the identity of the perpetrator has not yet been confirmed but “may” have been born in Algeria or Libya
The man who wounded six people with a “metal hanzo” at the Gare de Norte train station in Paris on Wednesday morning has been remanded in custody on charges of attempted murder, the prosecutor’s office in the French capital announced today.
The gunman was injured by police fire during his pursuit, but the prosecutor’s office estimated that his state of health allows his pretrial detention.
Two police officers, one of whom was off duty, shot and wounded the assailant. The man is hospitalized with two wounds to the chest and one to the arm, but his condition is not considered critical.
In a statement released late yesterday, Paris prosecutor Laure Bequio said the man, aged around 20, “began, for no apparent reason at this stage of the investigation, to hit the first victim with his weapon , striking him 20 times with “a metal hook”.
In total, six people were injured in the attack: two men aged 41 and 36, a police officer aged 46 and three women aged 40, 47 and 53.
According to the prosecutor’s office, the identity of the perpetrator has not yet been confirmed. Becchio had pointed out yesterday that she “might” have been born in Algeria or Libya.
A police source said for her part that the attacker is a Libyan, born in 2000, against whom a deportation order has been issued, which has not been implemented due to the instability prevailing in Libya.
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