France: Police arrest man with knife at Paris’ Gare du Nord station

The Gare de Nord is one of the French capital's top transit hubs, serving the city's metro, suburban trains as well as intercity and high-speed trains like the Eurostar from London.

By: AP
Paris | April 22, 2017 09:16 PM IST

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A gendarme patrols in the Montmartre district Friday, April 21, 2017 in Paris. The shooting at the Champs Elysees rattled France only two days before the end of an unusually suspenseful election contest. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

A man with a knife has been arrested by police at Paris’ Gare du Nord station, sending a brief ripple of concern over social media a day before the French presidential vote. No one was injured. A French police official told The Associated Press that a man carrying a knife walked into the station and was flagged to police, who arrested him immediately. Video online shows heavily armed police surrounding a prone man as travellers hurried past.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorised to speak publicly. The Gare de Nord is one of the French capital’s top transit hubs, serving the city’s metro, suburban trains as well as intercity and high-speed trains like the Eurostar from London.