PARIS (AP) — A French soldier was stabbed outside a major Paris train station on Monday and a gunman has been arrested, authorities said, as the city is on high alert 11 days before the opening ceremony of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The 2024 Olympics.
The Paris prosecutor's office said the soldier was hospitalized with a shoulder blade injury but that his injuries were not life-threatening and that the motive for the attack was under investigation.
Prosecutors said they had opened an attempted murder investigation and were still verifying the identity of the suspect, but the state anti-terrorism prosecutor's office said authorities did not currently suspect terrorism as a motive.
The soldier was one of thousands serving with France's Sentinel force, created to guard key French sites after a series of deadly attacks by Islamist militants in 2015. Sentinel soldiers Targeted in the Past.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin posted on Twitter that soldiers were patrolling the Gare de l'Est train station in eastern Paris and that the attacker had been detained.
Paris has deployed around 30,000 troops. Police Officer The Olympics will run from July 26 to August 11, attracting 45,000 visitors per day. Opening ceremony Along the Seine.
Some 18,000 military personnel are helping to ensure security, including several thousand held in huge special camps on the outskirts of Paris.
