By Online Desk
Six children have been stabbed in a town in the Alps in south-east France, according to several media reports.
The attacker, a Syrian asylum seeker, was apprehended shortly after, as per reports.
Interior minister Gerald Darmanin said the attack took place in a square in the town of Annecy. “Several people including children have been injured by an individual armed with a knife in a square in Annecy,” he tweeted.
A local lawmaker, Antoine Armand, tweeted that children were attacked on a playground, calling the attack ‘abominable’.
Attaque abominable au couteau sur des enfants dans une aire de jeu à Annecy. Nous n’en savons encore que très peu mais tout mon soutien aux victimes, aux proches, aux forces de l’ordre et secours. Avec vous en pensée.
— Antoine Armand (@antoine_armand) June 8, 2023
In Paris, lawmakers interrupted a debate to hold a moment of silence for the victims, BFMTV reported.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne are reportedly on their way to the site.
(This is a developing story)
Six children have been stabbed in a town in the Alps in south-east France, according to several media reports.
The attacker, a Syrian asylum seeker, was apprehended shortly after, as per reports.
Interior minister Gerald Darmanin said the attack took place in a square in the town of Annecy. “Several people including children have been injured by an individual armed with a knife in a square in Annecy,” he tweeted.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
A local lawmaker, Antoine Armand, tweeted that children were attacked on a playground, calling the attack ‘abominable’.
Attaque abominable au couteau sur des enfants dans une aire de jeu à Annecy. Nous n’en savons encore que très peu mais tout mon soutien aux victimes, aux proches, aux forces de l’ordre et secours. Avec vous en pensée.
— Antoine Armand (@antoine_armand) June 8, 2023
In Paris, lawmakers interrupted a debate to hold a moment of silence for the victims, BFMTV reported.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne are reportedly on their way to the site.
(This is a developing story)
