New incident in transport: an individual armed with a knife arrested in the RER D

The information comes from our colleagues from Europe 1. This morning, an individual armed with a knife was apprehended in the RER D in Maisons-Alfort, in Val-de-Marne. The 35-year-old man, already known to the police, allegedly threatened passengers by referring to “Allah”. After being arrested, he was taken into police custody. No passengers were injured during this incident.

The suspect told police he was going to a psychiatric appointment after an initial interrogation. This scene recalls the knife attack that occurred in Lyon last Sunday, where a man attacked users in a metro train, leaving four injured, including two in absolute emergency...