香港及亞洲地區科技金融公司新聞(包括AI、區塊鏈、數字貨幣、外匯等)

Man wounds six people at Paris Gare du Nord station

French police secure the area after a man with a knife wounded several people at the Gare du Nord train station in Paris, France, Jan 11, 2023. (BENOIT TESSIER / REUTERS)

PARIS – A man attacked and wounded six people at the Gare du Nord train station in Paris on Wednesday morning, leaving one with serious injuries, before being shot by off-duty police officers, authorities said.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told reporters the man attacked travelers with what looked like a home-made weapon at 0642 CET (0542 GMT) at the entrance and inside the station. Police had earlier said the man had used a knife or blade.

Gerald Darmanin said the attacker, who has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, had said nothing during the attack and had no identity papers on him

Within a minute, off-duty police officers returning home after a night shift shot the attacker three times, Darmanin said.

READ MORE: Knife attacker on Tokyo train 'wanted to kill happy women'

Gare du Nord, one of the busiest stations in Europe, is the arrival point of the Eurostar train from London and a major gateway to the north of Europe.

Asked about possible terrorist motives, Darmanin said a criminal investigation had been opened but that so far no investigation for terrorism had been opened.

He said the attacker, who has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, had said nothing during the attack and had no identity papers on him. One of the six injured is a police officer, Darmanin said.

ALSO READ: NY New Year's Eve attack suspect 'may be Islamic extremist'

Police secured the area following the attack. Radio franceinfo, quoting rail operator SNCF, said trains were operating normally.

In February 2022, police killed a man who attacked them with a knife at the Gare du Nord station. In October 2017, a man who stabbed two people at the Marseille train station was shot and killed by soldiers.