BREAKING: 8 young children and one adult have been stabbed in a knife attack in southern France, police say.
Police said the children were as young as three years old and that three of those injured were in a serious condition.
A group of school children were on a supervised trip to Lake Annecy in the French Alps when the attack happened at 9.45 a.m. local time , the French National Police told NBC News. Police said the attack took place in Le Pâquier d'Annecy, a park on the north side of the lake, which has a children's play area and spectacular views across the lake and surrounding mountains.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said in a tweet that the suspect"was arrested thanks to the very rapid intervention of the police." François Astorg, the mayor of Annecy, called the attack"appalling" and said there would be a news conference at 12.30 p.m. on Thursday .Nancy Ing reported from Paris, and Patrick Smith reported from London.
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