The man suspected of having injured seven people with a metal hook, one of them seriously, on Wednesday morning at the Gare du Nord, was indicted on Sunday for attempted murder and remanded in custody.
Seriously shot and wounded by police during his arrest on Wednesday, this man says he is of Algerian nationality and 31 years old, but his identity “is not, to date, formally established”, according to a press release from the prosecutor. of the Republic Laure Beccuau published on Sunday.
“He appears known, under several identities, for acts of home invasion, theft and rebellion, acts committed in 2019 and 2021 and would have been notified of two obligations to leave French territory, in 2020 and in September 2022”, the statement continues. His police custody had to be lifted because of his state of health, then it resumed on Saturday before being lifted on Sunday at the end of the morning.
“The investigations will now continue, under the direction of an investigating magistrate, and will in particular aim to specify the exact course of the facts, to understand the motivations of the respondent and to shed light on the personality of the person concerned”, a continued Laure Becuau. Future investigations should, among other things, look into possible psychiatric disorders.
Four men and three women injured
Wednesday morning around 6:45 a.m., the man attacked a first person at the entrance to the Parisian station, “suddenly” and “for no apparent reason at this stage”, specified Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau, hitting her in the face. multiple times with his weapon.
A total of seven people were injured: two men aged 41 and 36, a 46-year-old policeman assigned to the Border Police (PAF) at the Gare du Nord and three women aged 40, 47 and 53. A seventh victim, a 53-year-old man who had left the scene after the attack, has been identified by investigators, said the public prosecutor.
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During his arrest, he was shot twice in the chest and once in the arm after a police officer from the PAF, in uniform and on duty, and another from the Ile-de-France network brigade (BRF), in civilian clothes and off service, who were on the scene at the time, opened fire.
A man who may have housed the main suspect was taken into custody and released without charge at this stage. Another man, seen talking to her shortly before the assault, was cleared.