PARIS - A man wanted for threatening to kill his wife and children was detained by police at Montparnasse train station on Friday, November 14, after brandishing a knife. Officers fired and one passenger was injured. Shooting, panic and people running away... Around 3pm, the Paris Montparnasse train station a man armed with a knife was arrested by police. He was wanted for threatening to kill his wife and children. The man in question, 44, was travelling by train from Rennes to Paris. On arrival, police were alerted by the Créteil prosecutor's office and the Cachan (Val-de-Marne) police station that the man was threatening to kill his ex-wife and children in their home.
Threatening man armed with a knife
Police officers waited for him to get off the train to arrest him, but when the man saw them he pulled out a knife and began waving it at the officers and other passengers. He then stabbed himself in the neck before two officers shot him in the legs to subdue him. In doing so, they lightly wounded the passenger on his right leg.
Evan, the witness, tells of „panic.“ at the train station in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. „I was working on the terrace in the central hall when there was a sudden, very loud noise (...) Everyone ran ,“ he says. „My hands are still shaking."
The two injured, whose lives are not in danger, were treated by the ambulance service and taken to hospital. According to initial findings of the investigation, a terrorist motive is not being favoured, police sources said. The man was previously known to police and judicial authorities for domestic violence, the Paris prosecutor's office said. After the incident, the station was partially closed and evacuated as a precaution and emergency services intervened.
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