<p>Paris: -A soldier was stabbed and wounded by a man armed with a knife at a railway station in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/paris">Paris</a>, the interior minister said on Monday, days before the French capital hosts the summer Olympic Games.</p><p>Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on X that the assailant had been arrested and the soldier's wounds were not life threatening.</p><p>France is on its highest state of alert. The soldier was deployed within Operation Sentinelle, a 3,000-strong unit which patrols sites such as railway stations, places of worship, schools and theatres.</p>.<p>Earlier this year, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal placed an additional 3,000 troops on standby for Sentinelle.</p><p>The attack took place at Paris' Gare de l'Est.</p><p>The assailant's motive was not immediately clear. (Reporting by Nicolas Delame, Writing by Richard Lough, Editing by Sandra Maler)</p>
<p>Paris: -A soldier was stabbed and wounded by a man armed with a knife at a railway station in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/paris">Paris</a>, the interior minister said on Monday, days before the French capital hosts the summer Olympic Games.</p><p>Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on X that the assailant had been arrested and the soldier's wounds were not life threatening.</p><p>France is on its highest state of alert. The soldier was deployed within Operation Sentinelle, a 3,000-strong unit which patrols sites such as railway stations, places of worship, schools and theatres.</p>.<p>Earlier this year, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal placed an additional 3,000 troops on standby for Sentinelle.</p><p>The attack took place at Paris' Gare de l'Est.</p><p>The assailant's motive was not immediately clear. (Reporting by Nicolas Delame, Writing by Richard Lough, Editing by Sandra Maler)</p>