2023-06-08 12:17:14
a man has attacked several children and an adult with a knife in a park in the town of Annecy (France), called the Garden of Europe. As reported by the newspaper ‘Le Figaro’at least three of the minors -around three years old- are in serious condition and their lives would even be in danger.
for now the motivations have not been disclosed of the attacker, who has already been arrested. “The individual has been arrested thanks to the very rapid intervention of law enforcement,” French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said on Twitter.
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
The events occurred at around 9:45 a.m. in the aforementioned city in the French Alps, very close to the border with Switzerland. The alarm was given by a man who approached the scene of the attack after hearing the screams of the victims.
The attacker – about 45 years old, according to the witness – is a Syrian national who had applied for asylum in the country and that he did not have a police record. There is no record that he said anything The authorship of the aggression is claimed by no one group.
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