2 children critically injured after knife attack in French town
A Syrian national wounded four children and an adult in a knife attack in a park in the southeastern French town of Annecy on Thursday, police said, leaving some of the victims critically ill in hospital., a police official told Reuters. He was not known to security agencies and his motives were unclear, an investigative source said.Two children and one adult were in life-threatening condition, while two children were slightly hurt, police said.
Antoine Armand, center, deputy for the Savoie region, in the French Alps, speaks at the National Assembly, Thursday, June 8, 2023 in Paris.“Children and one adult are between life and death. The nation is in shock,” French President Emmanuel Macron said in a statement on Twitter, calling the attack “an act of absolute cowardice.”Story continues below advertisement
Witnesses said at least one of the children wounded in the attack was in a stroller. The incident took place at around 0745 GMT in the playground of a lakeside park in Annecy, a town in the French Alps. “He jumped , started shouting and then went towards the strollers, repeatedly hitting the little ones with a knife,” a witness who gave his name as Ferdinand told BFM TV.
“Mothers were crying, everybody was running,” said George, another witness and owner of a nearby restaurant.“Nothing more abominable than to attack children,” National Assembly speaker Yael Braun-Pivet said on Twitter. Parliament observed a minute of silence to mark the incident.
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