2019 Lyon stabbings

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2019 Lyon stabbings
Location Lyon, France
Date31 August 2019
Attack type
stabbing
Weaponsknife
Deaths1
Injured8

On 31 August 2019, nine people were stabbed by an Afghan asylum-seeker One of the victims died and two remain hospitalized. The attack happened outside a subway station in Lyon, France. [1] The police are not investigating the attack as terrorism, but told police he was Muslim and heard voices that were insulting god. Several witnesses also recalled the attacker shouting religious words. [2] [3]

An intervening bus driver prevented the attacker from entering the metro which stopped further carnage. [4]

Victims

A 19-year-old man was stabbed and killed and eight were wounded by the attacker. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "French cops detain man after knife attack kills 1, injures 9". ABC News. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  2. "Lyon knife attacker not known as radicalized, says prosecutor - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  3. Ray Sanchez (31 August 2019). "One person was killed, 8 others wounded in knife attack outside Lyon, France". CNN. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  4. 1 2 "Attaque au couteau à Villeurbanne : le courage des témoins". Franceinfo (in French). 2019-09-01. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  5. tagesschau.de. "Angriff in Metrostation: Ein Toter bei Attacke in Frankreich". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-10-16.