PARIS, February 3. /TASS/. An unknown man attacked people with a knife at the Lyon train station in Paris, three people were injured, the BFMTV TV channel reported, citing the capital's police prefecture.

According to it, the attacker is in custody. He is a native of Mali, born in 1992, who showed the police a driver's license issued in Italy at the time of his arrest.

Le Parisien reported that the assailant suffers from a mental disorder. The newspaper’s source said that the police do not consider the incident to be a terrorist attack.

Meanwhile, at least three people were injured, one of them seriously. The incident took place in a waiting room at about 8:00 a.m. local time (7:00 a.m. GMT). Guards evacuated the staff of shops and restaurants from the hall.

Train service at the station has been suspended due to the attack. Passengers are "advised to find alternative routes.".