French Police Identifies Train Stabbing Suspect

The French police have identified a suspected attacker who stabbed and injured six people at Paris’s Gare du Nord rail station.

The police say it was a Libyan national aged in his 20s who was due to be deported.

Meanwhile, the police are still investigating the motive but are not believed to be treating it as terror-related.

Interior Minister, Gérald Darmanin has praised the courage of two off-duty police officers who intervened to halt the attack.

The suspect was shot three times and taken to hospital with serious injuries.

BBC/Christopher Ojilere