At least a half dozen children – all reportedly about 3 years old – were injured when a knife-wielding man attacked them in a playground in France.
Several small children were injured Thursday morning when a knife-wielding man attacked them in a playground in a park in the French Alpine town of Annecy. Eyewitnesses told local media that a man wearing a head covering attacked the children while they were playing.said in a tweetFrench police said later that there were a total of six people wounded in the attack, including four children.
French police maintain a secure cordon in Annecy, southeast France, June 8, 2023, following a mass stabbing in the French Alpine town.Reports said the children were all about three years old and were from a kindergarten class that was playing in the Jardins de l'Europe lakeside park. Police were also ordered to set up a security perimeter around the Quai Jules-Philippe school, which is on the opposite side of the canal that flows into Lake Annecy."Children and an adult are between life and death," he
Some media reports suggested the assailant was a Syrian national born in 1991, but there was no immediate confirmation from the police. One eyewitness told local radio the man was speaking English and clearly targeted the children.
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