Knife Attack in Annecy: French Children Injured, Syrain Citizen Arrested as Suspect

2023-06-08 12:02:05

MSeveral children have been injured in a knife attack in the French city of Annecy. The attacker had been arrested, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Twitter on Thursday. According to police, the children are all around three years old. A total of three people are in a life-threatening condition, including two children. French President Emmanuel Macron spoke of an act of “absolute cowardice”. The nation was “in shock”.

According to police, the attack happened in Annecy, a town in the Alps, in a park. The attacker is a Syrian citizen who has legal refugee status in France. A person close to the investigation told Archyde.com the man was not known to security officials. His motives are unclear.

Police also said two children were slightly injured. Another two children are in a life-threatening condition, as well as an adult. Initially, the police had spoken of up to eight injured children. “The nation is in shock,” Macron tweeted. French National Assembly Speaker Yael Braun-Pivet said there was nothing more heinous than attacking children.

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France’s head of state Emmanuel Macron was dismayed. “The nation is in shock,” he wrote on Twitter. The attack was “absolutely cowardly”.

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