2019 Lyon stabbings

{{Short description|Mass stabbing in Lyon, France}}

{{Infobox civilian attack

|date=31 August 2019

|fatalities=1

|injuries=8

|location=Lyon, France

|title=2019 Lyon stabbings

|weapons=knife

|type=stabbing

}}

On 31 August 2019, nine people were stabbed by an Afghan asylum-seeker One of the victims died and two remain hospitalized. The attack happened outside a subway station in Lyon, France.{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/france-manhunt-killed-injured-knife-attack-65313631|title=French cops detain man after knife attack kills 1, injures 9|website=ABC News|language=en|access-date=2019-09-01}} The police are not investigating the attack as terrorism, but told police he was Muslim and heard voices that were insulting god. Several witnesses also recalled the attacker shouting religious words.{{Cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-09/01/c_138356209.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901230433/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-09/01/c_138356209.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 1, 2019|title=Lyon knife attacker not known as radicalized, says prosecutor - Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn|website=www.xinhuanet.com|access-date=2019-09-01}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/31/europe/france-villeurbanne-knife-attack/index.html|title=One person was killed, 8 others wounded in knife attack outside Lyon, France|author=Ray Sanchez|website=CNN|date=31 August 2019 |access-date=2019-09-01}}

An intervening bus driver prevented the attacker from entering the metro which stopped further carnage.{{Cite web|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/faits-divers/attaque-au-couteau-a-villeurbanne/attaque-au-couteau-a-villeurbanne-le-courage-des-temoins_3599319.html|title=Attaque au couteau à Villeurbanne : le courage des témoins|date=2019-09-01|website=Franceinfo|language=fr|access-date=2019-10-15}}