(3 Feb 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Paris, France - 3 February 2024
1. Various of French military personnel outside Gare de Lyon train station
2. Various of cordoned off entrance inside Gare de Lyon
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Laurent Nunez, Paris police chief:
“We have an individual, 31 years old, carrying a knife and a hammer he seriously injured one person that is undergoing surgery right now, stabilised but under surgery as we speak, and two (others) had minor injuries. I will add a third had (minor) injuries because this other person was very shocked.”
4. Cordoned off entrance, police walking past
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Laurent Nunez, Paris police chief:
“At the moment we speak there are no elements to lead us to think this is a terrorist act, but in these things we need to remain cautious, investigations by the judiciary police are under way, investigations to his mobile phone, to his trail in Italy and there will be the statements that he will give and then we will see if the terrorist lead can be completely dismissed or not, one must be always cautious.”
6. Various of police personnel and official
7. People with luggage inside Gare de Lyon
8. Various of exterior of Gare de Lyon
9. SOUNDBITE (French) Celine Erades, 47, Paris region resident:
“Unfortunately one gets used to these kind of happenings around the world. We are very vigilant whenever we use public transport, it’s not a daily psychosis but it’s true when we arrive here at the Gare de Lyon and we see the security apparatus in place, I know everyone is doing the best they can (to keep us safe). It is always a concern mostly for our children and for the families that takes the transport, but we remain optimistic and to say we will beat this terrorism that targets us in the everyday. I don’t know exactly what happened today but we know the suspect was taken into custody and we hope everything will be fine, especially ahead of the Olympic Games in Paris.”
10. Various of exterior of Gare de Lyon
11. SOUNDBITE (French) Roshan Simrick, 29, Paris resident:
“I haven’t been directly affected by this, fortunately, so I’m not in panic but if I see something like this I would have reacted like anyone else, so we remain vigilant, also in Paris we are used to remaining vigilant.”
12. Various of exterior of Gare de Lyon
13. French flag flying
STORYLINE:
A man armed with a knife and a hammer wounded three people Saturday in an early morning attack at the bustling Gare de Lyon train station in Paris.

The man, carrying residency papers from Italy and medicines suggesting he was undergoing treatment, was quickly taken into police custody following the attack at 7:35 a.m. in one of the station's cavernous halls, authorities said.

Millions of passengers ride the transport hub's high-speed trains that link Paris to other cities and its commuter train services to the suburbs and towns in the Paris region.

Laurent Nunez, the Paris police chief who is also in charge of the massive security operation for the upcoming Olympic Games in the French capital, told the media one of the injured was undergoing surgery.

While stressing that the police investigation was still in its early stages, Nunez said: “There are no elements that lead us to think that this could be a terrorist act."

Passersby intervened to help railway police officers detain the suspect, who is in police custody, Nunez said.

He said the suspect was carrying residency papers delivered in Italy, allowing him to travel legally to other European countries. The man's nationality was not given.






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