Five people including 4 children stabbed in French park, attacker arrested

A Syrian man has wounded four children and an adult in a knife attack in a French park on Thursday. Police said some of the victims were seriously injured and have been hospitalised. A police officer told Reuters the attack in the French Alpine city of Annecy was carried out by a Syrian with legal refugee status in France.

French President Emmanuel Macron said in a statement on Twitter that a child and an adult were swinging between life and death. The nation is in shock. Along with this, he termed the attack as an act of complete cowardice. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Twitter that the attacker had been arrested. Police said two children and one adult remained in serious condition, while two children had minor injuries. Witnesses said at least one child was in the stroller. BFM TV showed several policemen overpowering a man in a park.

Yael Braun-Pivet, speaker of France’s National Assembly, said on Twitter that there is nothing more despicable than an attack on children.” The French parliament observed a minute’s silence to mark the incident. Roads around the scene were closed. The investigation of the matter is going on.