On a late July afternoon near Porte de Clichy in Paris, a man attacked three women with a knife, wounding two of them seriously. The violence was cut short not by distant institutions, but by the people standing closest — bystanders and an off-duty police officer who together restrained the attacker before further harm could be done. The motive remains unknown, leaving the incident suspended between the randomness of street violence and the enduring human instinct to protect a stranger in danger.
Three women stabbed in Paris attack; suspect subdued by bystanders
Three women were stabbed and wounded in the attack, with two suffering serious injuries requiring medical attention.