A MAN has been arrested after several women were attacked with a knife in Paris.
Three women sustained stab wounds following the incident on the Metro on Friday.
It’s understood the attack happened between 4.15pm and 4.45pm.
According to several police sources, a man pulled out a knife and stabbed three women at different stations on line three, which runs between Bagnolet (Seine-Saint-Denis) and Levallois-Perret (Hauts-de-Seine).
He started his attack at République station, beefore continuing his rampage to Arts et Métiers and then Opéra stations.
He then fled via a different metro line before he was arrested at his home in Sarcelles (Val-d’Oise), reports say.
Officers used surveillance-camera footage and tracked his mobile phone to locate him, said prosecutors.
Fortunately, the three women sustained only minor injuries, two of them to their backs and thighs, according to a police source.
A witness told local media: “There was quite a lot of blood; it was a pretty deep cut”.
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