![]() ![]() The footage showed a man in dark glasses and with a blue scarf covering his head brandishing a knife, as people screamed for help. Video appearing to show the attack in and around a children's play park was posted on social media. One of the adults was hurt both with the attacker's knife and later by a shot fired by police as they were making the arrest, Bonnet-Mathis said. Two adults also suffered knife wounds - life-threatening for one them, the prosecutor said. Two of them are French, the other two were tourists - one British, the other Dutch, she said. The youngest is 22 months old, two are age 2 and the oldest is 3, she said. She said all four children suffered life-threatening knife wounds. He was armed with a folding knife, she said. Lead prosecutor Line Bonnet-Mathis said the man's motives were unknown but did not appear to be terrorism-related. "I said to the police, 'Shoot him, kill him! He's stabbing everyone,' " Anthony Le Tallec, a former professional soccer player who was jogging when he came across the attacker, said. Witnesses reported scenes of terror as the man roamed the park, ambushing victims with his blade. ![]() French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said he had refugee status in Sweden. The helplessness of the young victims and the savagery of the attack sickened France.Ī suspect, identified by police as a 31-year-old Syrian, was detained in connection with the morning attack in the Alpine and lakeside town of Annecy. The children between 22 months and 3 years old suffered life-threatening injuries, and two adults also were wounded, authorities said. PARIS - As bystanders screamed for help, a man with a knife stabbed four young children at a lakeside park in the French Alps on Thursday, assaulting at least one in a stroller repeatedly. ![]()
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