Gare du Nord: Six people injured in stabbing attack

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Source: BBC

Gare du Nord: Six people injured in stabbing attack

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By Antoinette Radford
BBC News

Six people have been injured with one in a critical condition after a stabbing at Paris's international Gare du Nord station early on Wednesday.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said a man was stopped by two off-duty police officers who were returning home from a shift. ... He said the suspected attacker was shot three times and taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Authorities are trying to establish if there was a motive for the attack. ... The attack took place at 06:42 (05:42 GMT) - within one minute all six people were injured and the attacker was stopped.

Mr Darmanin thanked for police for their "brave and effective" intervention, which he said saved many lives.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64234281

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2 minute read January 11, 2023 4:52 AM EST Last Updated 5 hours ago

Man wounds six people at Paris Gare du Nord station
Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/several-people-hurt-attack-paris-gare-du-nord-station-attack-minister-2023-01-11/

PARIS, Jan 11 (Reuters) - A man attacked and wounded six people at the Gare du Nord train station in Paris on Wednesday morning, leaving one with serious injuries, before being shot by off-duty police officers, authorities said.

Reporting by Alain Acco, Bertrand Boucey, Sudip Kar-Gupta and Dominique Vidalon; writing by Geert De Clercq; Editing by Andrew Heavens and Alison Williams

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[IronLionZion]

1. Lower kill count without guns

just trying to think positive

[TheRealNorth]

2. If only there were a good guy with a gun....

Of course, the chances of the bad guy having a gun would probably skyrocket as well and there would be 10-20 casualties (or more if he has a super sized mag or has time to reload his mag).

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. There was. Two of them actually.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said a man was stopped by two off-duty police officers who were returning home from a shift. ... He said the suspected attacker was shot three times and taken to hospital with serious injuries.

[LeftinOH]

4. Six people injured 20 people dead.

Sounds awful, but the snarky "maybe we should ban knives!!..hurr durr" reactions from American gun fanatics always seem to miss the significance.

[Aristus]

5. "40 People Not Killed Because Attacker Didn't Have A Gun."

That's a better headline.

And to Hell with the "Let's ban KNIVES, har-har-har!..." assholes.