Off-duty police officer detains man who attacked three women with knives in Paris

Women aged 19, 24 and 36 taken to hospital after assault in Porte de Clichy area in north of capital

French police have detained a man after he attacked three women with knives before bystanders pinned him to the ground and an off-duty police officer detained him, the interior minister, Laurent Nunez, told reporters.

In the incident near Porte de Clichy on Monday, the man attacked the three women, aged 19, 24 and 36, with two kitchen knives, severely wounding two of them, Nunez said.