Paris police wound knife-wielding man at Montparnasse train station, prosecutor says

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Paris police wound knife-wielding man at Montparnasse train station, prosecutor says

Authorities stressed that initial communications made no mention of terrorism being suspected as a motive.

A man wielding a knife at the Montparnasse train station in Paris was shot and wounded by police on Friday, the city's prosecutor’s office said.At least one shot was fired during the incident involving a 44-year-old man "known for domestic violence," a statement said.It added that the man then apparently inflicted knife wounds on himself and emergency services were called."A 53-year-old bystander, who was shot in the foot, was also treated by the emergency services," the public prosecutor's office said in a statement.Authorities stressed that initial communications made no mention of terrorism being suspected as a motive.French rail operator SNCF said that a security perimeter was set up "on a small part of the station" following the police intervention, causing slight traffic disruption. The incident comes a day after the 10th anniversary of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris by the so-called Islamic State group in 2015 in which 132 people were killed.