4 teens wounded in fight on train involving axe, samurai sword

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Four teens were wounded, 2 of them seriously, by an axe wielded during a conflict connected Monday connected a suburban train extracurricular Paris, constabulary sources said, pinch nan main fishy later arrested.

One of nan victims - each aged 16 aliases 17 - had a manus trim disconnected and different had their skull divided open.

Two others were much lightly injured successful nan struggle that 1 constabulary root said had surgery retired astir 8:00 americium arsenic nan teenagers progressive were connected their measurement to secondary school.

It was not instantly clear what triggered nan fight, successful which weapons including nan axe, a knife, a samurai beard and shot bats were used.

All nan wounded group were brought to infirmary and nary were successful threat for their life, nan root added.

The main suspect, a 16-year-old, was later arrested astatine his location and held successful custody, different constabulary root said.

An axe was recovered and confiscated during nan search, they added.

The incident happened while nan RER suburban definitive train was astatine nan position of Ozoir-la-Ferriere southeast of Paris.

A message posted to nan charismatic X account for nan RER E said: "An incident connected nan TUVA train presently astatine nan Ozoir position requires nan train to stay astatine nan platform. We are waiting for constabulary intervention."

A consequent post said immoderate postulation had slowed successful some directions owed to an "altercation connected committee a train astatine Ozoir station."

The RER E statement runs east-west done Paris and its suburbs.