Police arrest suspect after man stabs 3 women in Paris metro

Paris, France: French police on Friday arrested a man suspected of stabbing three women in the Paris metro as the capital s end of year festivities we...

Paris, France: French police on Friday arrested a man suspected of stabbing three women in the Paris metro as the capital's end-of-year festivities were in full swing, prosecutors told AFP.

The three victims were attacked at three different locations along the Line 3 metro track that runs across central Paris, the RATP authority that runs the transit service told AFP.

An AFP journalist at the Republique station saw a security team treating a woman who had been wounded in the leg and appeared to be in a state of shock.

The attacks happened between 4:15 pm (1515 GMT) and 4:45 pm at the stations Republique and Arts et Metiers -- both next to the Marais district -- and the Opera station, the RATP said.

"The victims were quickly taken care of by the emergency services," it said.