Passengers helped apprehend a suspect armed with an automatic firearm and a bladed weapon who injured three people on a high-speed train in northern France, authorities for the government and the railway company said Friday.
The suspect was arrested, but his identity and motive are not known yet, Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said in an interview with CNN affiliate BFMTV.
He said it’s too early to know whether the attack was terror-related.
Two people were hospitalized with serious injuries but their lives are not in danger, said Anthony Blondeau, spokesman for the city of Arras, where the train was rerouted after the shooting.
The high-speed Thalys train was traveling from Amsterdam to Paris. Arras is about 115 miles (185 kilometers) north of Paris.
The third person injured was French actor Jean-Hugues Anglade, who has a light hand injury, Blondeau said
Christophe Piednoel, spokesman from the French railway company SNCF, said the suspect carried an automatic weapon and a bladed weapon.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve is heading to Arras to meet with officials, Brandet said.
“An important” police presence has been set up at the police station there, he said.
