On Saturday February 3, there was a knife attack at the Gare de Lyon in Paris, as reported by BFMTV. The incident took place at around 8am. Three people were injured, one of them seriously, and their condition is extremely critical. Three travellers were injured with stabbing weapons, one with a knife and two with a hammer, Valeurs actuelles has learned from consistent police sources. The victims were taken to hospital and their lives are not in danger (subject to the evolution of their health, of course).
The police were quickly on the scene and arrested one person. The perpetrator was a 30-year-old man from Mali who allegedly had Italian identity papers.
The Malian attacker from Lyon station, Sagou Gouno Kassogue, appeared to have planned his attack. In December, he announced to his 48,000 subscribers on TikTok that “Allah will take him to his paradise in three months”.