A French soldier was on patrol in Paris as part of the anti-terrorist operation Sentinelle was injured in a knife attack on Monday, His life is not in danger, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced. The soldier was stabbed between the shoulder blades at the Gare du Nord in the capital and the perpetrator of the attack has been arrested, Darmanin said in a message on X.

The detainee, who shouted in French “God is great” when launching his attack, He is a 40-year-old man from the Democratic Republic of Congo, a Catholic, and known to the authorities for his mental health problems, according to several local media. Upon learning of the attack, the Minister of Defence, Sebastien Lecornu, recalled the role of the Armed Forces in “guaranteeing the security” of French citizens.

Operation SentinellIt was launched in January 2015 after a series of attacks committed in the first days of that month, such as the one carried out against the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. It consists of the deployment of military patrols in numerous sensitive areas of French territory to reinforce security in the fight against terrorism.