“Precise identification is ongoing, being registered under various identities in the automated fingerprint files based on statements in proceedings in which he was involved”he added in a statement.
A police source had said earlier that the man was born in 2000 in Libya, arrived in France three years ago, and had a Order of Obligation to Leave French Territory.
The French authorities do not expel to Libya because of the political instability that reigns in that country, affected since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2012 by clashes between rival factions, the Interior Ministry said.
Shortly before seven in the morning, At the North station (Gare du Nord), the largest in Europe, the man injured several people with a knife, one of them seriously, indicated the source.
The authorities do not privilege the terrorist trail. The attacker was shot when he was arrested and is in serious condition.
The Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmaninthanked the police forces in a tweet for “their brave and effective reaction.”
The North station is the first station in Europe and the third in the world in terms of flow, receiving 700,000 people a day and more than 220 million passengers annually.
Trains leave from this station to the north of France and to international destinations such as the United Kingdom, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Source: Ambito
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