Attacker shot by police after six stabbed at Paris railway station

The victims are two men, ages 36 and 41, three women ages 40, 47 and 53, and a 56-year-old police officer, Ms Beccuau’s statement said
Attacker shot by police after six stabbed at Paris railway station
Police officers patrol at the Gare du Nord station (Michel Euler/AP)

The Paris prosecutor said investigators have not yet been able to identify the attacker who wounded six people with a sharp metallic hook in the French capital’s Gare du Nord railway station on Wednesday before being shot and wounded by police.

The suspect attacked several people, including a police officer, during the morning rush hour “with no apparent reason at this stage”, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement.

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