Three women stabbed in Paris metro stations

Three women have been stabbed in Paris, according to French media.

A man with a knife attacked several women at different stations of the Paris metro, according to French news organisations Le Parisien and C News.

The victims were given medical attention by firefighters and sustained only minor injuries, two of them to their backs and thighs, according to Le Parisien.

"The young woman was injured in the thigh," a witness told the newspaper. She was at the Republique station at the time of the attack.

"There was quite a lot of blood; it was a pretty deep cut."

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The attacks took place on Friday evening, between 4.15pm and 4.45pm.

The suspect fled the scene and was then arrested at his home in Sarcelles.

According to C News, he was known to police and his phone's geolocation data was used to track him down.

The possibility of terrorism has been ruled out.