French police on Friday arrested a man suspected of stabbing three women in the Paris metro as the capital’s end-of-year festivities were in full swing, prosecutors told AFP.
The three victims were attacked at three different locations along the Line 3 metro track that runs across central Paris, the RATP authority that runs the transit service told AFP.
From Fdesouche – According to our information, this Malian national, residing illegally in France, was imprisoned in January 2024 for aggravated robbery and sexual assault after receiving a criminal conviction. Released in July 2025, “given his immigration status ,” he was issued a deportation order ( OQTF ) and placed in an administrative detention center (CRA). “As his removal could not be completed within the legal timeframe of ninety days, due to the lack of a consular laissez-passer and the absence of a valid identity document, he was released under house arrest,” the Ministry of the Interior told Le Figaro . He was wanted on an outstanding warrant.
Mali is 95% Muslim.
