Witnesses described the suspected knifeman running around in a frenzy, apparently attacking people at random, before he was shot by police near the banks of Lake Annecy.
A man armed with a knife attacked a group of pre-school children playing by a lake in the French Alps on Thursday , wounding four as well as an adult and sending shockwaves through the country.
Another witness, named Malo, told the BFM television channel that the culprit attacked the children before the old man and was"shouting, but it wasn't really comprehensible". Annecy is a scenic town in the French Alps close to the border with Switzerland popular with tourists and home to one of the world's top animation festivals, which starts on Sunday."The nation is shocked. Our thoughts are with as well as their families and the emergency services," he wrote on Twitter.Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne's office announced she was travelling to the scene and MPs in the French parliament held a minute's silence.
In 2012, a Franco-Algerian extremist called Mohamed Merah killed seven people during a shooting rampage in the southern city of Toulouse, with the murders of three children and a rabbi at a Jewish school sparking widespread outrage.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
4 children injured in knife attack in French town of AnnecyPARIS - Four children and an adult have been injured in a knife attack in a park in Annecy, a town in the French Alps, police said on Thursday (June 8), adding that three of the children were in a life-threatening condition. The children were about three years old, police said. Earlier, police spoke of eight children hurt. French Interior...
Read more »
Four children wounded in knife attack in French AlpsANNECY: A man armed with a knife attacked a group of preschool children playing by a lake in the French Alps on Thursday (Jun 8), wounding four as well as an adult and sending shockwaves through the country. The suspect is a Syrian in his early 30s who was granted refugee status in Sweden in April, a polic
Read more »
8 young children injured in playground stabbing in French Alps, suspect arrestedA man armed with a knife attacked a group of children aged around three years old Read more at straitstimes.com.
Read more »
French company Atos sees sales at loss-making unit Tech Foundations to hit bottom in 2024PARIS : Atos, the struggling French IT consulting firm that is planning to split up into two listed entities, said it expected sales at its loss-making unit Tech Foundations to hit the bottom in 2024. The firm, which will hold an investor day later in the day, said that Tech Foundations - which regroups A
Read more »
Khachanov counts the positives despite French Open exitPARIS : Karen Khachanov said he will head home following his French Open quarter-final defeat by Novak Djokovic on Tuesday with his head held high after returning to the top 10 in the world.The 11th-seeded Russian won the first set of his match with the twice Roland Garros winner but failed to make his ad
Read more »
Zverev staves off Etcheverry to reach third French Open semi-finalPARIS : A resurgent Alexander Zverev shrugged off a mid-match wobble to battle his way into a third consecutive French Open semi-final with a 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4 victory over Argentine Tomas Martin Etcheverry on Wednesday.The German exited Roland Garros in agony last year after tearing ankle ligaments in his
Read more »