Afterward, the man strolled almost casually out of the park, letting himself out through a gate, with the man carrying two rucksacks still chasing after him.įrench President Emmanuel Macron described the assault as an “attack of absolute cowardice.” Of the victims, he said “children and an adult are between life and death.” She tried to fend off the attacker but couldn’t keep him from leaning over the stroller and stabbing downward repeatedly. Inside the enclosed play park, a panicked woman frantically pushed a stroller as the attacker approached, yelling “Help! Help!” and ramming the stroller into the barriers around the site in her terror. He slashed at a man carrying rucksacks who tried to approach him. The man appeared to shout “on name of Jesus Christ” as he waved his knife in the air, while people nearby could be heard screaming: “Police! Police!” The footage showed a man in dark glasses and with a blue scarf covering his head brandishing a knife, as people screamed for help. Video appearing to show the attack in and around a children’s play park was posted on social media. One adult also suffered knife wounds and a second adult was hurt both with the attacker’s knife and later by a shot fired by police as they were making the arrest, Bonnet-Mathis said. Bonnet-Mathis said the child was Dutch, but Germany’s chancellor said one of the child victims was German. There was confusion over the nationality of the other child who was not from France. One of the young victims is British, the prosecutor and British authorities said. The youngest is 22 months old, two are age 2 and the oldest is 3, she said. Lead prosecutor Line Bonnet-Mathis said all four children suffered life-threatening knife wounds. The helplessness of the young victims and the savagery of the attack sickened France. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said he had refugee status in Sweden.Ī prosecutor leading the investigation said the man’s motives were unknown but did not appear to be terrorism-related. The children between 22 months and 3 years old suffered life-threatening injuries, and two adults also were wounded, authorities said.Ī suspect, identified by police as a 31-year-old Syrian, was detained in connection with the horrific attack in the Alpine and lakeside town of Annecy. JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK (AFP)Īs bystanders screamed for help, a man with a knife stabbed four young children at a lakeside park in the French Alps on Thursday, assaulting at least one in a stroller repeatedly.
Several French police officers, in a file image.
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