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Stabbing rampage leaves 3 injured in Lyon

A suspected knife attacker was arrested after at least three people were injured in an stabbing rampage in the Lyon subway, French police have said.

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French police detained a suspect following an apparent stabbing spree in the country's third-biggest city, Lyon, on Sunday. The attacker allegedly targeted people on the city's subway system, reports Deutsche Welle.

"Our thoughts are with the three people injured," deputy mayor Mohamed Chihi said in an online post.

The victims were receiving medical treatment.

None of the three victims sustained life-threatening injuries, according to a police source cited by the AFP news agency. The source added that two people were wounded in the abdomen. The three victim was showing injuries on their arm.

Some local sources later suggested four people were wounded in the attack. 

Read more of this report from Deutsche Welle.