4 teenagers had been wounded, two of them severely, by an axe wielded throughout a combat on Monday on a suburban prepare exterior Paris, police sources mentioned, with the principle suspect later arrested.
One of many victims – all aged 16 or 17 – had a hand minimize off and one other had their cranium break up open.
Two others had been extra evenly injured within the battle that one police supply mentioned had damaged out round 8:00 am because the youngsters concerned had been on their solution to secondary faculty.
It was not instantly clear what triggered the combat, by which weapons together with the axe, a knife, a samurai sword and baseball bats had been used.
All of the wounded folks had been dropped at hospital and none had been in peril for his or her life, the supply added.
The principle suspect, a 16-year-old, was later arrested at his house and held in custody, one other police supply mentioned.
An axe was discovered and confiscated throughout the search, they added.
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The incident occurred whereas the RER suburban specific prepare was on the station of Ozoir-la-Ferriere southeast of Paris.
A message posted to the official X account for the RER E mentioned: “An incident on the TUVA prepare at the moment on the Ozoir station requires the prepare to stay on the platform. We’re ready for police intervention.”Â
A subsequent submit mentioned some visitors had slowed in each instructions attributable to an “altercation on board a prepare at Ozoir station.”
The RER E line runs east-west by means of Paris and its suburbs.
