Naked Man Causes Panic on Paris-Bound Train, Arrested Near Reims

The incident occurred just before 10 a.m. According to the Reims Prosecutor, Matthieu Bourrette, the police intervention followed "the involvement of a disruptive individual in a TGV near the Bezannes station" near Reims.

"During this check, the individual" with "curious and disturbing behavior" "was speaking words in Arabic, seeming to refer to Allah, but contrary to what was initially reported to the police, at no time did the witnesses hear him pronounce the words "Allahu Akbar"," the Prosecutor specified.

The suspect did not carry any weapons or explosives, the Reims Prosecutor’s Office said. According to the Prosecutor, "he immediately appeared to be totally unbalanced, and not interrogatable," once placed in custody. Worse, "the psychiatric expert concluded," he added, "to a total abolition of discernment." Based on this finding, the lifting of his custody was authorized, and a decree was issued to allow his compulsory hospitalization.

It emerges from the investigations with the German authorities that he is a 28-year-old individual, born in Morocco. He would also be known to the German police and justice services.

Evacuated after a search, the TGV resumed its journey around 11:15 a.m., or 1 hour and 15 minutes later.