Four teenagers were injured, two of them seriously, by an axe wielded during a fight on a suburban train outside Paris on Monday, according to police sources. The main suspect was later arrested.
One of the victims, all 16 or 17, had their hand severed, and another had their skull split open.
Two others were lightly injured in the altercation, which, according to one police source, began around 8:00 a.m. as the teenagers were on their way to secondary school.
It was unclear what sparked the fight, which involved weapons such as an axe, a knife, a samurai sword, and baseball bats.
According to the source, all of the injured people were taken to the hospital, and none were in danger of death.
Another police source said that the main suspect, a 16-year-old, was arrested at his home and is being held in custody.
An axe was discovered and confiscated during the search, they added.
The incident occurred while the RER suburban express train was at the Ozoir-la-Ferriere station, southeast of Paris.
A message posted to the RER E’s official X account read: “An incident on the TUVA train currently at the Ozoir station requires the train to remain on the platform. We are awaiting police intervention.”
A subsequent post stated that traffic had slowed in both directions due to a “altercation on board a train at Ozoir station.”
The RER E line runs from east to west through Paris and its suburbs.
