Four injured in violent axe attack on train near Paris

Axe Gang Boards Rush-Hour Train, Cuts off Hand and Splits Skull

A clash between warring gangs saw a rush-hour commuter line train become the scene of a blood bath, with two seriously injured by an axeman.

Axe Attack On Paris Train Leaves 4 Teens Injured

Four teens were wounded, two of them seriously, by an axe wielded during a fight on Monday on a suburban train outside Paris, police sources said, with the main suspect later arrested. One of the victims -- all aged 16 or 17 -- had a hand cut off and another had their skull split open. Two others were more lightly injured in the struggle that one police source said had broken out around 8:00 am (0700 GMT) as the teenagers involved were on their …

One person had his hand chopped off and another suffered a head injury. According to French media reports, it was probably a dispute between two gangs.

Four people were injured, two of them seriously, in an axe fight at the Ozoir-la-Ferrière RER station, in Seine-et-Marne, on Monday, November 4.

The prefect of police of Paris and the prefect of Seine-et-Marne declare that “the facts are probably linked to a fight between gangs and not to drug trafficking, subject to the result of the investigation”.

Four people were injured, two of them seriously, after an ax was used during an altercation on a suburban train outside Paris, a police source said, quoted by the British daily The Guardian. According to available information, one one of the victims had his hand severed and another had his skull split open, added the quoted source, who asked to remain anonymous. Two other people were less seriously injured. Several people, some of them minors, w…