Annecy Animation Film Fest Reacts to Knife Attack Just Days Before 2023 Edition Opens

The annual fest runs June 11-17 in the lakeside town 22 miles south of Geneva, Switzerland.

The fest, running June 11-17 in the lakeside town 22 miles south of Geneva, Switzerland, is expected to attract some 14,000 animation experts and fans. Nicknamed the “Pearl of French Alps,” it had a population of around 132,000 as of 2020.

Witnesses said some of the children appeared very young. A man who spoke to broadcaster BFMTV said he saw first-aiders working on “little bodies, 3 or 4 years old, perhaps.”

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