A British child is among four with 'life-threatening injuries' after a man attacked people with a knife at a playground in France. Two adults were also injured in the southeastern town of Annecy in the French Alps. Read more:
A male Syrian national with"legal refugee status" has been arrested following a"cowardly" incident in a park in Annecy.Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerThe man, who authorities say is originally from Syria, was detained by police. They say it is not being treated as a terrorist incident.
Two of the children were earlier reported as a brother and sister but BFMTV now report they are cousins.The local prosecutor said another of the children is Dutch, however Germany's chancellor Olaf Scholz said they were German.One of the injured adults suffered knife wounds and the second was injured both by the attacker's knife and later by a shot fired by police as they were making the arrest.
"It's a place where babysitters and parents take young children to play, and the atmosphere is fantastic," said Yohan, who works at an ice cream parlour just opposite the park.Multiple children injured in knife attackInterior Minister Gerald Darmanin said a suspect had been arrested"thanks to the swift intervention of police".
He is married to a Swedish woman and they have a three-year-old child who was born in Sweden, BFMTV reported. "Then they start shooting, they shoot at the person, right in front of me, and he falls to the ground."France attack: What we know about stabbing in Annecy playground
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