Gare de Lyon stabbing
{{Short description|2024 stabbing attack in Paris, France}}
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{{Infobox civilian attack
| title = Gare de Lyon stabbing
| location = Gare de Lyon, France
| date = {{start date|2024|02|03}}
| time-begin = 7:35 AM
| type = Stabbing
| weapons = Knife and Hammer
| fatalities = 0
| injuries = 3
| numpart = 1
}}
The Gare de Lyon stabbing was a stabbing in the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris, France on 3 February 2024.{{Cite web |last=Alves |first=Helena |last2=Leiceter |first2=John |date=2024-02-03 |title=Paris police say suspect in train station attack that injured 3 may have mental health issues |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/paris-police-3-people-injured-stabbing-attack-gare-106918262 |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=ABC News |language=en}}
Attack
On 3 February 2024 at 7:35 AM a man in his 30s carrying a knife and a hammer went into the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris and attacked multiple people with the weapons he had on him.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-03 |title=Man armed with knife and hammer wounds 3 at major Paris train station |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/3/gare-de-lyon-knife-attack-3-injured-at-paris-train-station-stabbing-spree |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Alvea |first=Helena |last2=Leicester |first2=John |date=2024-02-03 |title=Paris police say suspect in train station attack that injured 3 may have mental health issues |url=https://apnews.com/article/france-attack-gare-de-lyon-stabbing-6d8b25773df65835be4ec0f4c6b5959a |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=Associated Press |language=en}} The attack injured two non-critically and one critically.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-03 |title=Paris stabbing: Three injured in knife attack at Gare de Lyon train station |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paris-stabbings-gare-de-lyon-knife-attack-b2489886.html |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=The Independent |language=en |issn=1741-9743 |oclc=185201487}}
Investigation
While the police were investigating the attack, on the same day they ruled out the possibility of the attack being terror-related.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-03 |title=Knife attack wounds 3 at Paris's Gare de Lyon train station, police rules out terrorism |url=https://www.france24.com/en/france/20240203-three-wounded-in-knife-attack-at-paris-s-gare-de-lyon-train-station |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=France 24 |language=en}}
= Suspect =
The person who did this is a 31-32 year old from Mali who had Italian identity documents on him, according to the La Parisien paper, he has been living in Italy legally since 2016.{{Cite news |date=2024-02-03 |title=Paris knife attack: Three wounded at Gare de Lyon station |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68190875 |access-date=2024-02-03 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}} It was later found out that the man was suffering from mental illness as well.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-03 |title=France: Attacker stabs 3 at Gare de Lyon in Paris |url=https://www.dw.com/en/france-attacker-stabs-3-at-gare-de-lyon-in-paris/a-68162202 |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=Deutsche Welle |language=en}}