Man who stabbed French soldier ahead of Olympics taken to psychiatric hospital

Paris is under high security for the 2024 Olympic Games from July 26 to August 11, with around 30,000 police officers and 18,000 members of the military being deployed (Picture: Thomas Padilla/AP)

The man who stabbed and wounded a French soldier patrolling Paris just days before the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics has been taken to a psychiatric hospital, French prosecutors said on Tuesday.

The attack happened outside the Gare de l’Est station in eastern Paris on Monday.