On 31 August 2019, nine people were
stabbed
A stabbing is penetration or rough contact with a sharp or pointed object at close range. ''Stab'' connotes purposeful action, as by an assassin or murderer, but it is also possible to accidentally stab oneself or others. Stabbing differs fro ...
by an
Afghan
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*Something of or related to Afghanistan, a country in Southern-Central Asia
*Afghans, people or citizens of Afghanistan, typically of any ethnicity
** Afghan (ethnonym), the historic term applied strictly to people of the Pa ...
asylum-seeker
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One of the victims died and two remain hospitalized. The attack happened outside a
subway
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Transportation
* Subway, a term for underground rapid transit rail systems
* Subway (underpass), a type of walkway that passes underneath an obstacle
* Subway (George Bush Intercontin ...
station in
Lyon
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, France. The police are not investigating the attack as
terrorism
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, but told police he was
Muslim and
heard voices that were insulting god. Several witnesses also recalled the attacker shouting religious words.
An intervening bus driver prevented the attacker from entering the metro which stopped further carnage.
Victims
A 19-year-old man was stabbed and killed and eight were wounded by the attacker.
References
2019 crimes in France
2019 stabbings
August 2019 crimes in Europe
August 2019 events in France
2019 stabbings
Stabbing attacks in 2019
Stabbing attacks in France
Violence in France
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