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Authorities say Malian suspect in Paris metro stabbing is also French citizen

Three women were slightly injured in a knife attack on line 3 of the Paris metro on 26 December. AP - Themba Hadebe

The French Interior Ministry has acknowledged that a man suspected of stabbing three women in the Paris metro on Friday – and who was initially described as a Malian national ordered to leave France – in fact holds French citizenship.

The 25-year-old man was arrested on Friday, suspected of stabbing three women in the Paris metro.

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