A man stabbed eight people – children and adults – at a playground in the French city of Annecy, the Daily Mail reports. Local media reported that four children aged around 3 and a man were injured.
France 🇫🇷
⚠️ 🚨 Terrorist attack in Annecy (France) 7 injured people including 6 childrens aged 2 to 3 years attacked in a children’s park with knife by a Syrian refugee.stop this madness in Europe pic.twitter.com/gVlPnxttkz
— The Polynesian 🇫🇷 (@Force_A_Ukraine) June 8, 2023
President Macron wrote on Twitter that the condition of two of the children and the elderly citizen was “between life and death”. They were placed in an intensive care unit.
Attack of absolute cowardice this morning in a park in Annecy. Children and an adult are between life and death. The Nation is in shock. Our thoughts are with them as well as their families and the emergency services mobilized.
—Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) June 8, 2023
The attacker is a Syrian citizen with refugee status.
At least four children aged as young as three have been seriously wounded after a Syrian asylum seeker went on the rampage with a knife in a park in France https://t.co/JWgUH3Zuyg
— Evening Standard (@EveningStandard) June 8, 2023
According to eyewitnesses, the man was wearing a turban and started attacking the children without being provoked in any way.
Several children injured in a knife attack in France!
Several children were stabbed in an attack at a park near Lake Annecy in southeast France on Thursday. The perpetrator, identified as a Syrian refugee, has been arrested by the police and is currently in custody. pic.twitter.com/JInHk5wrIk
— World Wide News (@ctpqb7bg2r) June 8, 2023
BREAKING🚨 Syrian asylum seeker attacks people with knife in France:
Several children have been injured in a knife attack in Annecy, a town located in the French Alps and the aggressor had been arrested, said the French Interior minister, reports Reuters pic.twitter.com/dOtbaJ6Ngx
— OSINT Updates 🚨 (@OsintUpdates) June 8, 2023
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin wrote on Twitter: “Several people, including children, were injured by a knife-wielding man in a square in Annecy.”
BREAKING: 8 young children and one adult have been stabbed in a knife attack in southern France, police say. https://t.co/JoKhXttG2d
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 8, 2023
He adds that the attacker was detained thanks to the quick intervention of the police.
Several people including children were injured by an individual armed with a knife in a square in Annecy. The individual was arrested thanks to the very rapid intervention of the police.
— Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) June 8, 2023
2023-06-08 08:51:40
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