PARIS — French police detained a man on Monday after he attacked three women with knives near Porte de ​Clichy in Paris, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told reporters.

The ​man attacked the three women, who were aged ⁠19, 24 and 36, with two kitchen knives, severely wounding ​two of them, Nunez said.

Video aired on social platform X and ​verified by Reuters showed a man with long black hair, wearing a cream tracksuit and wielding one big knife in each hand, stabbing and attempting ​to attack a young woman.

It is unclear if ​the woman was injured.

Another part of the video shows the same ‌man ⁠lying on the ground, immobilized by bystanders, while the two knives are lying nearby on a pedestrian crossing.

“It is Allah who commanded me,” the man lying on the floor ​said.

Nunez said the ​man had ⁠been detained by an off-duty police officer. “I pay tribute to him; it was a courageous ​act,” he added.

The motive of the attack ​remains unknown, ⁠Nunez said, adding police could not verify the identity of the attacker, whose declarations were “incoherent” while he was being arrested.

The French national ⁠anti-terrorist ​prosecutor’s office said it was weighing ​whether to open an investigation.