Paris knife attack: Three wounded at Gare de Lyon station

As police secured the area following the stabbing, traffic at the Gare de Lyon was disrupted

Three people have been wounded in a knife attack at a major railway station in Paris, police say.

One person suffered serious stomach wounds during the stabbings at the Gare de Lyon on Saturday morning.

A suspect is in custody. Police say he is a Malian national who presented an Italian driving licence to officers.

There have been several knife attacks in Paris in the recent past. In December a tourist was killed and two others wounded near the Eiffel Tower.

In January last year, six people were injured after a stabbing at the capital's Gare du Nord.

Police say the suspect in Saturday's attack set fire to his rucksack, before attacking people with a knife and a hammer. He was tackled by transport security officers and bystanders.

Officials quoted by Le Parisien newspaper describe the alleged attacker as a 32-year-old asylum-seeker who has been legally living in Italy since 2016.