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Porte de Clichy knife attack

Three women were wounded in a knife attack in Paris; a man was detained.

Investigation
last updated 27 July 2026 · 1 sources
Confirmed facts
8
Open questions
4
Victims
3
Detained
1
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Timeline of what's confirmed8 entries
27 July 2026
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez and Paris police said an assault happened at around 11:30 a.m. in the Porte de Clichy area in northern Paris.
CBS News/AFP
27 July 2026
A French off-duty police officer detained a man after he allegedly attacked and wounded three women with two kitchen knives, according to a minister and police.
CBS News/AFP
27 July 2026
Three women aged 19, 24 and 36 were taken to hospital after the assault, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez and Paris police said.
CBS News/AFP
27 July 2026
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said two of the women were seriously wounded and in critical condition.
CBS News/AFP
27 July 2026
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said one critically wounded woman was hit in the lower back and another in the abdomen.
CBS News/AFP
27 July 2026
Geoffroy Boulard, mayor of the northwest 17th district, said on X that one of the three women was pregnant.
CBS News/AFP
27 July 2026
A witness, waitress Kheira Dellabed, said a young man with a small suitcase hit the man with his bag and a waiter from a nearby restaurant placed a chair on him.
CBS News/AFP
27 July 2026
The man's identity and motive were not immediately clear, and Paris authorities were still determining whether to launch a terrorism investigation.
CBS News/AFP
Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
Who is the detained man?Authorities had not immediately identified him in trusted reporting. · unconfirmed
What motive, if any, will authorities establish?Interior Minister Laurent Nunez warned against jumping to conclusions. · unconfirmed
Will French authorities open a terrorism investigation?Paris authorities were still determining that question. · unconfirmed
What are the current medical conditions of the three wounded women?Trusted reporting gave initial hospital and critical-condition information only. · unconfirmed
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