2 children critically injured after knife attack in French town – National | 24CA News
A Syrian nationwide wounded 4 kids and an grownup in a knife assault in a park within the southeastern French city of Annecy on Thursday, police stated, leaving a number of the victims critically ailing in hospital.
The attacker was a Syrian nationwide with authorized refugee standing in France, a police official instructed Reuters. He was not recognized to safety companies and his motives have been unclear, an investigative supply stated.
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin stated on Twitter that the attacker had been arrested.
Two kids and one grownup have been in life-threatening situation, whereas two kids have been barely damage, police stated.
Antoine Armand, middle, deputy for the Savoie area, within the French Alps, speaks on the National Assembly, Thursday, June 8, 2023 in Paris.
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“Children and one adult are between life and death. The nation is in shock,” French President Emmanuel Macron stated in a press release on Twitter, calling the assault “an act of absolute cowardice.”
Witnesses stated not less than one of many kids wounded within the assault was in a stroller. The incident happened at round 0745 GMT within the playground of a lakeside park in Annecy, a city within the French Alps.
“He jumped (in the playground), started shouting and then went towards the strollers, repeatedly hitting the little ones with a knife,” a witness who gave his title as Ferdinand instructed BFM TV.
“Mothers were crying, everybody was running,” stated George, one other witness and proprietor of a close-by restaurant.
The TV channel confirmed footage of a number of policemen overpowering a person in a park.
“Nothing more abominable than to attack children,” National Assembly speaker Yael Braun-Pivet stated on Twitter. Parliament noticed a minute of silence to mark the incident.
