
The attack occurred Friday morning on a TER train linking Paris to Rouen.
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The attacker is a 13-year-old minor placed under the responsibility of child welfare.
A 13-year-old teenager was arrested Friday morning and placed in police custody for an attempted murder of a person responsible for a public service mission on a TER train between Paris and Rouen, Le Figaro learned from reliable sources.
The train in question left from Saint-Lazare station, in Paris, towards Rouen, in Normandy. Shortly after departure, Friday at 8:24 a.m., the captain, aged 32, surprised a young individual searching his suitcase located in his service room.
The SNCF agent then suffered insults and then punches and kicks in the face from this individual. The attacker then took out a knife and attempted to stab him several times in the stomach. The captain managed to dodge the blows and disarmed the teenager. The latter was overpowered by two plainclothes police officers who were on the train.
The suspect was handed over to the police at the Mantes-la-Jolie station (Yvelines). This is a teenager who lives in a home in Seine-et-Marne and is entrusted to child welfare (ASE). The captain, who suffered from pain in his hand, filed a complaint. He was taken care of by occupational medicine and a psychologist, indicates SNCF Voyageurs to Le Figaro.

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