Off-duty policeman arrests knife attacker in Paris

On Monday, a man was apprehended by an off-duty police officer in Paris after he reportedly attacked three women with two kitchen knives. This incident took place around 11:30 am in the Porte de Clichy area, as stated by Paris police and Interior Minister Laurent Nunez. The victims, aged 19, 24, and 36, were taken to the hospital; two of them sustained serious injuries—one to the lower back and the other to the abdomen—but their lives are not in jeopardy. The identity and motive of the assailant remain unknown. This attack follows a related event on Saturday in Berlin, where an Islamist extremist drove a rented minivan into a Pride parade, resulting in one fatality.