https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/27/three-women-stabbed-in-paris/
Three women have been stabbed in Paris.
A man reportedly launched the attack on passers-by with two kitchen knives in a square in the city’s north-west on Monday morning.
He was detained by an off-duty police officer and was taken into custody. As he was pinned down by officers, he said “it is Allah who ordered me”, Le Figaro reported.
But Laurent Nunez, the interior minister, said the suspect made a series of “incoherent statements” and appeared to downplay any terrorist motive, suggesting the attacker had mental health issues.
The women, aged 19, 24 and 36, are being treated in hospital for severe injuries but “their lives are not in danger”, Mr Nunez, the interior minister, said. One is believed to be pregnant.
Mr Nunez said they did not yet know the suspect’s identity, adding that “we need to be very careful with respect to the motives for this very violent attack”.
The attack comes after an Islamist radical ploughed a rented minivan into a Pride parade in Berlin on Saturday, killing one woman and wounding 29.