Facts

• A man with a knife wounded five passengers and a border police officer on Wednesday morning at the busy Gare du Nord train station in Paris, France. The unnamed assailant was subsequently shot by police and is currently in critical condition.^[1]
• French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin stated the man attacked travelers with what looked like a homemade weapon at 6:42 a.m. local time before off-duty officers returning home shot him three times within a minute of the attack.^[2]
• Four of the five passengers attacked sustained light injuries, while one was seriously injured in the shoulder and taken for emergency treatment. The officer attacked was stabbed in the back but was saved by a bulletproof vest.^[3]
• Rail operator SNCF said a security perimeter had been implemented, but the station operations have since operated normally, with the Paris prosecutor saying a criminal investigation had been opened.^[4]
• Authorities say the attack at Europe's busiest railroad — with services to Belgium, Italy, and Britain — has no known motive yet, including terrorism, though France remains on alert following several attacks since 2015.^[3]
• The attack comes less than three weeks after three people were killed and another three injured in an attack at a Kurdish cultural center in Paris. Murder and attempted murder investigations are also underway for that attack.^[5]