French police are not treating a knife attack in a popular Paris tourist hotspot as a terrorist attack.
That’s according to a French Interior Ministry spokesman.
Seven people were injured, including two British tourists by a man wielding a knife and an iron bar. Police say the two men, in their fifties, suffered serious stab wounds to the chest and stomach.
The incident happened on Sunday night in the Parc de la Villette by the Ourcq Canal in the 19th arrondissement, a lively part of Paris, popular with young people and tourists.
A bystander fought off the armed man with balls used in petanque, until police arrived. The man, said to be Afghan, was arrested.
This is the latest in a string of knife attacks in Paris.
