Syrian refugee injures 4 children, adult in knife attack in French Alps town: report

A Syrian nationwide was arrested Thursday after allegedly stabbing 4 kids and an grownup within the French Alps town of Annecy in a knife assault that President Emmanuel Macron is decrying as an act of “absolute cowardice.” 

A witness advised BFMTV following the stabbing spree that he noticed first responders engaged on “little our bodies, 3 or 4 years outdated, maybe.” The suspect has not been publicly recognized, however a police official advised Reuters that he’s a Syrian nationwide with authorized refugee standing within the nation. 

“Assault of absolute cowardice this morning in a park in Annecy. Youngsters and an grownup are between life and loss of life,” Macron stated on Twitter. “The Nation is in shock. Our ideas are with them in addition to their households and the emergency companies mobilized.” 

Police say two kids and one grownup have suffered life-threatening accidents, whereas the opposite two kids had been barely harm, based on Reuters. 

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First responders transport a sufferer away from the scene of the knife assault in Annecy, France, on Thursday, June 8.  (Reuters)

“The person was arrested due to the very fast intervention of the police,” French Inside Minister Gerald Darmanin stated on Twitter.  

Native lawmaker Antonie Armand advised BFMTV that the kids had been “very younger” and had been “savagely attacked” on a playground near a major college, The Related Press reported. 

Reuters, citing witnesses, additionally reported that one little one concerned was in a stroller and photographs aired by the station showed police overpowering a person. 

“He jumped [in the playground], began shouting after which went in direction of the strollers, repeatedly hitting the little ones with a knife,” one witness was quoted by Reuters as telling BFMTV. 

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Lawmaker Antoine Armand, heart, deputy for the Savoie area within the French Alps, speaks on the Nationwide Meeting on Thursday in Paris. He stated the kids had been attacked in Annecy on a playground. (AP/Lewis Joly)

“Moms had been crying, all people was working,” reportedly added one other. 

In Paris, lawmakers interrupted a debate to carry a second of silence for the victims. 

The meeting president, Yaël Braun-Pivet, stated, “There are some very younger kids who’re in crucial situation and I invite you to respect a minute of silence for them, for his or her households, and in order that, we hope, the results of this very grave assault don’t result in the nation grieving.” 

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Members of the Nationwide Meeting stand and applaud in Paris to pay homage to younger victims of a knife assault on Thursday. (AP/Lewis Joly)

The motive for the attack is unclear. The suspect is believed to be in his thirties, police stated. 

He additionally is just not recognized to French safety businesses, a supply advised Reuters. 

The Related Press contributed to this report.