2023-06-09 14:06:45
“A time of decency and silence. ” The day after the knife attack on the shores of Lake Annecy, Bruno Le Maire called for calm. “There is nothing more barbaric, more insane, nothing that hurts more than attacking children,” he said on Friday morning at the microphone of BFM.
“It’s not the time for politics, it’s the time for the Nation. We gather, think of the victims, of the police who intervened. We unite to hold on,” he added, paying tribute to Henri, this 24-year-old “hero” who managed to make the assailant flee: “The most beautiful word is his: we must think of the victims. »
Two adults and four children were seriously injured, including two children are still in absolute emergency this Friday morning, said Olivier Véran at the microphone of franceinfo. Abdalmasih H, a 31-year-old Syrian refugee described as a discreet homeless person, had been arrested a few minutes after the attack, and placed in police custody.
A psychiatric evaluation scheduled for this Friday
The drama comes at a time when the government is negotiating with Les Républicains to agree on an immigration bill. The attack and the nationality of the assailant have been widely commented on by the right and the extreme right, who immediately linked it to migration policy. Thursday evening, far-right activists gathered at the scene of the tragedy despite the prefectural ban. About this event, Elisabeth Borne invited “everyone to show dignity”, this Friday morning.
Olivier Véran considered “unhealthy” the controversies and political recoveries around the drama. “There will be answers given, but we are in a state of shock, kids are still in the operating room, annoys the government spokesperson. A psychiatric assessment (look suspicious) will take place this morning (this Friday), he will also be questioned by the police. »
Abdalmasih H. had learned on June 4 that his asylum request in France could not be accepted since he had already held refugee status in Sweden for 10 years. He was therefore in a regular situation on national territory. Asked about the link between this refusal and his acting out, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin judged that it was of a “disturbing coincidence”at 8 p.m. TF1 this Thursday.
Macron at the bedside of the wounded
Emmanuel Macron, who had denounced an “attack of absolute cowardice” and a “Nation in shock” on Twitter, a few hours after the tragedy, went to Grenoble this Friday morning, where three of the four children are hospitalized. He must go to Annecy this afternoon. “The President of the Republic and his wife are going today alongside the victims and their families as well as all the people who in Annecy have contributed to bringing them help and support,” said the Elysée.
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