The video shows a Libyan immigrant brutally stabbing a train passenger at the main Paris-to-London Eurostar hub Jan.11.
The attacker, who says his name is Mohamed Amine but has not been officially named, pushes a guy to the ground in Paris's Gare du Nord before repeatedly stabbing him, as seen in the video released the next day. He initiated a hysterical assault during morning rush hour in one of Europe's busiest rail stations.
The terrifying video of the attack revealed how the attacker threw his victim to the ground, circled around his flailing legs, and swung the blade forcefully from well over his head. The helpless victim sustained numerous injuries and is now in a serious condition.
The attacker went on to wound five more people including a woman before he was shot by police, in what authorities believe was an unprovoked mass stabbing.
No one was killed in the assault, but all six people who were hurt and the attacker were hospitalized. The attacker was transferred to an intensive care unit in severe condition.
The attacker was undergoing surgery after being shot twice in the chest and once in the right arm, according to Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau. Given his condition, she added, investigators haven't been able to question him.
The Libyan, who was undocumented, was identified using fingerprint records that showed he entered France in 2020. Though he was ordered to leave the country last year, he simply ignored the expulsion order, and on Wednesday turned up at the Gare du Nord.
Upon being asked not to be identified, a female witness to the attack stated:
"I was with my friends at the Gare du Nord this morning, heading off on holiday, and we were just going into the entrance when we heard someone shout.
People were lying on the ground, and others getting on trains as quickly as possible. Someone had a knife out and was attacking people.
I looked after the first victim who had been wounded. I got the impression that the knifeman was just attacking anyone close to him.
As people were being looked after, I heard shots being fired – the forces of law and order were reacting to the attacker."
Gerald Darmanin, France's interior minister, complimented the police for their 'effective and courageous response,' but he made no public comments regarding the Libyan's violation of the expulsion order. He explained how the suspect was neutralized within one minute of attacking his first victim and claimed that deaths would have undoubtedly occurred in the absence of the incredibly quick intervention.
After a series of deadly attacks by Islamist radicals and others since 2015, France is still on high security alert.
A man who stabbed two officers at the Gare du Nord in France last February was shot and killed by police. In December, the suspect, 69, admitted to having a 'pathological hatred for outsiders' after being accused of killing three Kurds near the same station.
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