PARIS KNIFE HORROR: Man arrested after 'threatening police with blade' at train station
A MAN has been arrested by armed police at a major Paris train station after reportedly threatening officers with a knife, sparking panic in the French capital.
Police arrest a knife-wielding man at Paris train station
Armed police arrested the man at Gare du Nord station after he threatened officers with a knife.
A spokesman for French rail operator SNCF said a knife-wielding man threatened police at Gare du Nord train station in Paris, causing panic before he was arrested.
The SNCF spokesman said the man had approached gendarmes patrolling the train station.
A knife-wielding man threatened police at Gare du Nord train station
He was told to lie down and followed the orders before he was arrested. Nobody was injured in the incident.
A witness told Reuters the incident caused chaos as passengers tried to flee the scene.
Trains have been delayed at the station as armed police led the suspect away.
Police arrested a man threatening officers with a knife at Gare du Nord, Paris
Armed police arrest man at Gare du Nord in last half hour #Paris pic.twitter.com/sRyfgFAhNw
— Hannah Bayman (@hannahbayman) April 22, 2017
#GareDuNord in #Paris today, I'm doing fine. An arrest was made and now they're doing security check for #eurostar pic.twitter.com/t8LYtSMhFQ
— Wan Sophonpanich (@thatwan) April 22, 2017
A ton of confusion at #garedunord #eurostar right now. Hope everyone is ok #paris #London #France #uk pic.twitter.com/DvgqhBR7hh
— Jenkin Au (@jenkinau) April 22, 2017
Check-in at Gare du Nord is reopening following an earlier incident. #ES9043 has estimated delay of +60 mins on departure, #ES9047 +30mins.
— Eurostar (@Eurostar) April 22, 2017
Passengers have been held on the Eurostar platform as police carry out security checks.
Images from the scene show luggage scattered across the station as panicked passengers ran away from the scene.
Passengers waiting for Eurostar services reported chaos and confusion at the station with check-in temporarily suspended as trains slowly return to normal.
Eurostar confirmed the authorities have finished carrying out security checks at the station but delays of up to 30 minutes on some services are expected.
It comes amid heightened security after a policeman was killed and two others injured in Paris on Thursday night in an attack on the Champs Elysees.
The French capital remains on high alert just one day before France holds the first round of its presidential election.