Four toddlers and two pensioners have been stabbed in a knife attack in France. 7NEWS
Four toddlers and two pensioners have been stabbed in a knife attack in the tranquil French mountain town of Annecy and the government says the suspected assailant is a Syrian refugee.
He had entered France legally, she said, and was carrying Swedish identity documents and a Swedish driving licence. The local prosecutor leading the investigation said there was no indication that terrorism was the assailant’s motivation.The four children were just toddlers, aged between 22 months and three years, Annecy prosecutor Line Bonnet-Mathis told reporters.As the assailant, who wore a blue-chequered headscarf and sunglasses, slashed at his victims, one bystander tried to stop him by throwing his backpack at him, the video showed.
The incident took place about 9.45am on Thursday in Le Paquier park in Annecy, a town in the French Alps.President Emmanuel Macron said his country was in shock, calling the attack “an act of absolute cowardice”. The attack ended when police shot at the attacker and then overpowered him, an eyewitness video verified by Reuters showed.Several witnesses described Le Paquier park as an usually tranquil place popular with tourists for its stunning views of Lake Annecy and the mountains.
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