Eight people, including children, were injured in a stabbing in the French Alps on Thursday morning, France's interior minister says. A suspect was arrested immediately and is currently in police custody, authorities say.
French police secure the area after several children have been injured in a knife attack in Annecy, in the French Alps, France, June 8, 2023.Eight people, including children, were injured in a stabbing in the French Alps on Thursday morning, local authorities said.
The suspect, a 31-year-old Syrian, was arrested immediately and is currently in police custody, officials said. The prosecutor said the attacker’s motives remain unknown but do not appear to be terrorism-related, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said in a speech in Annecy.
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