Paris Metro stabbings suspect moved to psychiatric hospital, prosecutors say
The 25-year-old suspect was released after 90 days in detention due to health reasons and moved to a psychiatric hospital as authorities investigate attempted murder.
- On Saturday, prosecutors said the suspect was released from custody and moved to a psychiatric hospital in France because continued police custody was incompatible with his health.
- On Friday, police arrested the suspect after three women were stabbed on Paris metro Line 3 during end-of-year festivities and located him in the Val d'Oise region using surveillance and mobile tracking.
- Transport police opened an investigation into attempted murder and assault with a weapon, and the three victims were attacked at three different locations along the Line 3 metro track and were injured but not critically.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nunez last week urged 'maximum vigilance' during the festive season, calling for particular attention to public transport security amid a high terrorist threat and public disorder risk.
- Administrative and deportation constraints complicated prior detention and release after 90 days in an administrative detention centre due to failure to obtain a consular travel document, and the interior ministry said the Malian citizen was imprisoned in January 2024 for aggravated theft and sexual assault.
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His "state of health" did not allow him to continue to be heard by the police. The police custody of the man suspected of stabbing three women in the city of Paris. The police custody of the man suspected of stabbing three women in the city of Paris was the first to appear on current values.
A man injured three women in the Paris Metro with a knife. According to the prosecutor's office, the health of the accused is incompatible with the police custody.
Paris metro stabbing suspect released from custody, sent to psychiatric hospital
PARIS, Dec 28 — The suspect in the stabbing of three women in the Paris metro has been released from custody and moved to a psychiatric hospital, prosecutors said yesterday. The man was arrested suspected of stabbing three women in the Paris metro on Friday as the capital’s end-of-year festivities were in full swing.The three victims were attacked at three different locations along the Line 3 metro track that runs across central Paris. They were…
The alleged assailant who slightly injured three women on the Paris subway this Friday and who was in police custody since then has been transferred this Saturday to the psychiatric infirmary, the French media reported. The Prosecutor’s Office decided to withdraw police custody for “being incompatible with his mental state”, according to the BFMTV channel. The 25-year-old male and Malian nationality had already been convicted in France of “aggra…
Three women were slightly wounded with a knife on Friday afternoon in the Paris metro. The suspect, a Malian under OQTF, was placed in police custody after being arrested. On Saturday evening, his police custody was lifted for psychiatric reasons, the prosecution said. - Severances with a knife in the Paris metro: the suspect was held in police custody for psychiatric reasons (Police, justice and other facts).
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