Three people were wounded in a knife attack at Paris’s Gare de Lyon railway station on Saturday, police said, adding that the suspect had been arrested.

The suspect, whose nationality was not revealed, went on a stabbing spree at around 8am at the station, which serves domestic trains as well as those heading to Switzerland and Italy.

One person suffered serious injuries while two others were lightly wounded, police said.

“The suspect did not cry out (any religious slogans) during his attack,” a police source said. 

“He presented the police an Italian driving licence”.

The area between halls one and three were temporarily inaccessible, rail operator SNCF said on Twitter.

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