2023-06-08 14:51:59
THE ESSENTIAL
- At least six people including four young children were injured Thursday morning in a park in Annecy.
- The individual, armed with a knife, attacked around 9:45 a.m. children aged around three years old. Three of the victims have an engaged vital prognosis.
- He was arrested by the police shortly after the incident.
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2:36 p.m .: Elisabeth Borne and Gérald Darmanin on site
The Prime Minister and the Minister of the Interior arrived around 2:20 p.m. in Annecy.
2:14 p.m.: The press briefing from the authorities postponed to 2:45 p.m.
This is indicated by the prefecture of Haute-Savoie on its Twitter account
1:50 p.m.: Recap of the facts
While waiting for the press briefing from the Annecy prosecutor, which has been delayed, we invite you to read the paper by our journalist Caroline Politi who goes into detail on all the elements communicated since Thursday morning.
1:31 p.m .: The suspect of Christian faith, father of a young child
A source close to the matter confides to 20 Minutes that he was married to a Swedish woman with whom he lived. The couple have a three-year-old child. The man was declared as an Eastern Christian, a cross was also found on him.
1:25 p.m .: Several witnesses testify that the assailant was in the park “every day for two months”
“From morning to evening, every morning, he had been there for about two months. Everyone had spotted him because he was all alone and a little weird. On the other hand, he always said hello even if he did not speak more than that, ”reports a witness on France Bleu Pays de Savoie.
An employee of the pontoons at the edge of the lake confirms with the Dauphine Libere that the man had been coming to the park “every day for about two months” where he “sat all day on a bench”. He describes him as not very talkative but not aggressive.
1:16 p.m .: Football player Antony Le Tallec tells what he saw
While jogging on the shores of Lake Annecy, the sportsman witnessed the scene. “I see dozens of people running in the opposite direction, I wonder what’s going on, he says in a story posted on his Instagram account. A mother tells me “run, run, there is someone stabbing everyone”. I see the guy coming in front of me. He was on the grass. Behind, there were five or six policemen who couldn’t arrest him. »
The footballer steps aside and sees the assailant running towards another group. “There, he stabs a grandpa, twice,” he adds, criticizing in passing the slowness of the police.
12:53 p.m .: “He stabbed a little girl and a child in a stroller”
“We saw a person attacking children, small ones. Obviously, it was his target, ”reports a witness interviewed by France Bleu Pays de Savoie, adding that “two people tried to scare him” before he walked away and the police quickly intervened. The man “spoke in English, he was confused” he says.
“We played molky quietly. Someone came in screaming, reports another person. He jumped the barrier, he stabbed a little girl and a child in a stroller. »
12:45 p.m .: “The most absolute horror”, comments Eric Dupond-Moretti
The Minister of Justice has just spoken in a tweet.
12:31 p.m .: Vital prognosis for two children
According to a new report relayed by AFP, an adult and two children are currently between life and death. One of them was evacuated in absolute urgency to Geneva, specifies The Dauphine Libere. We remind you that five people, attacked with knives, were injured this Thursday morning by the suspect. Among which were four children aged about three years.
12:25 p.m .: The assailant had already obtained refugee status in Sweden
A Syrian national born in 1991, the suspect of Syrian nationality was identified thanks to his driving license found on him. According to a source close to the investigation who confided in 20 Minutes, the man had arrived in France legally. The investigators found a valid asylum application certificate.
He had already obtained refugee status in Sweden. This did not prevent him from filing another request in France with the Ofpra on November 28, 20022. Request which was refused, this time. Before coming to France at the end of last year, he had been resident in Sweden since 2013.
11:57 a.m.: A minute of silence observed at the National Assembly
At the request of Yaël Braun-Pivet, President of the National Assembly, a minute of silence was observed in the hemicycle. “For them, for their families,” she said, calling this attack “very serious”.
Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne is to go there during the day, as is Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior who was traveling to Brussels this Thursday morning.
11:51 am: “The Nation is in shock” reacts Emmanuel Macron
The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron has just spoken on social networks. He describes this attack as “absolute cowardice”. “Children and an adult are between life and death. The Nation is in shock”, he continues, before adding: “Our thoughts accompany them as well as their families and the mobilized help. »
11:43 a.m.: A press briefing scheduled for 12:30 p.m.
According to our journalist Thibaut Chevillard who has just spoken with the public prosecutor of Annecy, a press conference without question will be organized this Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at the prefecture of Haute-Savoie.
11:37 a.m .: The attacker declares himself to be of Syrian nationality
According to the identity that he declined to the police, the assailant would be of Syrian nationality. Asylum seeker, he is unknown to all the files, reports to AFP a police source.
11:20 am: Welcome to this new live
This Thursday morning, a knife attack occurred in Annecy. According to a source familiar with the matter, six injured were counted, including four children aged about three years were stabbed while they were in a square near the lake. The assailant was immediately arrested while the public prosecutor went to the scene.
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