French authorities are working to determine the motive behind a 'savage' knife attack on playing children. 9News
The head of the investigation into the stabbing said the four children, aged between 22 months and three years, were in intensive care and two adults had also been injured, one critically.
One of the young victims is British, the prosecutor and British authorities said, but there was confusion over whether the other foreign child was Dutch or German. The man appeared to shout "on name of Jesus Christ" as he waved his knife in the air, while people around could be heard screaming "Police! Police!"He slashed at a man carrying rucksacks who tried to approach him, seemingly trying to stop the attack.
Annecy Deputy Mayor Chantale Farmer said the town of 125,000 was "shocked and devastated", adding that nearby schools had temporarily been locked down following the attack. Borne said the man had held refugee status in Sweden for about 10 years, and had applied for asylum protection in France, which was not granted given he already had rights to live and travel there thanks to his status in the fellow European Union country.She said the French administration would look at that refugee status but stressed her priority was offering solidarity to the victims.
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