Moment armed French police surround and capture Syrian knife attacker after he wounds four children - including British girl, 3
The attacker is seen in footage calmly walking through the children's play area.The terrified woman tries to push her child away from him, but he enters the park and motions as if to attack her.
He then runs away again briefly, runs back to the child and appears to try attack again, while the woman with the pram tries to stop him.Two children fight for life after being stabbed ‘by Syrian attacker’ at playground near lake in France "Also aware that one of the people, one of the children injured, was a British national. We have already deployed British consular officials who are travelling to the area to make themselves available to support the family.Prosecutor Line Bonnet-Mathis said one child aged three and a 22-month-old child were among the injured. Besides the British child, there is a Dutch national among the victims.A 70-year-old man was reportedly stabbed in the neck and taken to hospital.
"The police very systematically cordoning off the entire area, turning away people, this place is crawling with tourists right now. It's peak season," she said. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, who visited Annecy on Thursday, said he was not known to intelligence services and did not appear to have a psychiatric history.Le Parisien said he arrived in France in November and would have declared himself a Christian. He had a cross on him at his arrest.Rishi Sunak said: "The UK and France have always stood together against acts of violence, and we do so again today.
"We saw a person attacking children, small ones, obviously that was his target. After people tried to scare him, he walked away and the police intervened."
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