Paris knife and hammer attacker may have mental health issues, police say

The attack at the Gare le Lyon comes just six months before the Olympics (AP)
The attack at the Gare le Lyon comes just six months before the Olympics (AP)

A man armed with a knife and a hammer has left three people injured in an early morning attack at the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris.

It marks another nerve-rattling security incident in the Olympic host city before the Summer Games open in six months.

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