One dead and one injured after attack in Paris, assailant arrested

One person was killed and another injured in a knife attack on the evening of Saturday, December 2, at the Bir Hakeim metro station in Paris. The attacker was arrested near the Bir Hakeim bridge around 9:30 p.m., Franceinfo learned from a police source. According to this same source, the individual, born in France, is on file S. According to the first elements of the investigation, he uttered the words “Allah akbar” while he was carrying out the act.

Around 9:15 p.m., “an individual attacked a couple of tourists at the Bir Hakeim metro station, on a public highway”, reacted on franceinfo Philippe Goujon, the mayor of the 15th arrondissement. People were attacked with “a knife” and a hammer. The attacker then “ran away” towards the 16th arrondissement located right next door. “He exchanged a few blows with two other tourists, whom he slightly injured, and he was arrested at that time by the police of the 15th.”, continues the chosen one. As soon as she was informed, “The police started chasing him and were able to arrest him by neutralizing him with a taser.”

A “completely sealed off” sector

The sector was “completely closed” Saturday evening, and it was “recommended not to go there.” Onthe Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin has precisely request “to avoid the area”.

On X, the Paris police headquarters also asked people to avoid the area. “Intervention in progress in the Bir Hakeim sector”she writes.