# Four stabbed to death at Paris police headquarters before stabber is killeds. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 3, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-stabbed-to-death-at-paris-police-headquarters-before-stabber-is-killeds/841212 "2019-10-03T16:31:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-stabbed-to-death-at-paris-police-headquarters-before-stabber-is-killeds/841212/1 "2019-10-03T16:31:16Z")
[CNN story](https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/paris-attack-intl/index.html) Horrible news, but I am very glad the stabber is dead. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-stabbed-to-death-at-paris-police-headquarters-before-stabber-is-killeds/841212/2 "2019-10-03T17:24:11Z")
Very glad the stabber is dead? A good possibility of mental illness: > [@](#): > > “We don’t know his motivations,” Loïc Travers, another police union official, told reporters near the Police Headquarters on Thursday. “It’s obviously someone who blew his top.” > **[Knife Attack at Paris Police Headquarters Leaves 4 Dead (Published 2019)](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/world/europe/paris-attack-police.html)** > > The assailant, an administrative employee who had worked at Police Headquarters since 2003, was also killed, an official said. His motive was not immediately clear. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-stabbed-to-death-at-paris-police-headquarters-before-stabber-is-killeds/841212/3 "2019-10-03T18:21:03Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Very glad the stabber is dead? A good possibility of mental illness: How do you figure? Do you assume all violent crimes committed without immediately apparent motive indicate “a good possibility of mental illness”? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-stabbed-to-death-at-paris-police-headquarters-before-stabber-is-killeds/841212/4 "2019-10-03T18:36:48Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Very glad the stabber is dead? A good possibility of mental illness: > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/world/europe/paris-attack-police.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/world/europe/paris-attack-police.html) > [@](#): > > “It might be the expression of a new malaise at the heart of the police, like this wave of suicides,” Denis Jacob, a police union official, told French television on Thursday after the attack. > **[Knife Attack at Paris Police Headquarters Leaves 4 Dead (Published 2019)](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/world/europe/paris-attack-police.html)** > > The assailant, an administrative employee who had worked at Police Headquarters since 2003, was also killed, an official said. His motive was not immediately clear. Or maybe a _cri de coeur_. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-stabbed-to-death-at-paris-police-headquarters-before-stabber-is-killeds/841212/5 "2019-10-03T19:42:50Z")
The stories I have seen on TV say that he had long-standing problems with his supervisor, and the supervisor was the first victim.