By Daily Mail (World News) | Created at 2026-07-27 13:05:26 | Updated at 2026-08-04 00:09:24
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This is the moment a knifeman lunged at a woman during a stabbing spree in Paris that left three people, including a pregnant woman, injured.
Three women aged 19, 24 and 36 were taken to hospital after the assault at around 11.30am in the Porte de Clichy area in the north of the capital, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez and Paris police said.
They were 'treated by emergency services and transported to the hospital', the police added.
Two were gravely wounded, but their lives were not in danger, Nunez said. One was hit in the lower back, the other in the abdomen. One of the victims is in critical condition.
'The perpetrator was apprehended by an off-duty police officer,' Nunez said.
The suspect, a 31-year-old man believed to have mental health issues, was arrested at the scene following a police operation. He was armed with two knives, local media reports.
Videos shared on social media appeared to show a man with long black hair wearing beige in the area wielding two knives before he is pinned down with a chair by bystanders.
One particularly chilling moment shows the man lunge at a woman, brandishing one of the weapons.
Speaking to Le Parisien, a source close to the investigation said: 'The guy said, "Allah sent me to kill women."'
The suspect, a 31-year-old man believed to have mental health issues, was arrested at the scene
One particularly chilling moment shows the man lunge at a woman, brandishing one of the weapons
The suspect was pinned down with a chair by bystanders
French police and rescuers walk down a street after a knife-wielding man wounded three people in Paris
He had made 'incoherent statements', Nunez added, however warning against jumping to conclusions on his motives.
The anti-terrorism prosecutor's office has not taken up the case, and terrorism is not the leading theory.
The office said it is 'monitoring the procedure conducted by the Paris prosecutor's office'.
The Porte de Clichy tram station has been closed since approximately 1pm, on the orders of the Paris police, local media reports.
Taking to X, Paris mayor Emmanuel Gregoire wrote: 'I extend all my thoughts to the victims of this act of extreme violence.
'The investigation must shed light on the motivations of the perpetrator. Deep gratitude to the off-duty police officer who subdued the assailant.'
The attack comes after an Islamist radical on Saturday in the German capital of Berlin ploughed a rented minivan into a Pride parade, killing one woman and wounding 29.
