Knife attack at park in French Alps critically wounds 4 young children as people cry for help

Four children wounded in knife attack in French Alps

ANNECY (France) — A Syrian refugee armed with a knife stabbed four preschool children and injured two adults by a lake in the French Alps on Thursday (June 9) in an attack whose motive remains unclear.

Knife attack at park in French Alps critically wounds four young children as people cry for help

French President Emmanuel Macron said “children and an adult are between life and death.” He described the assault in the Alpine town of Annecy as an “attack of absolute cowardice.”

Knife attack at park in French Alps critically wounds 4 young children as people cry for help

By JOHN LEICESTER (Associated Press) PARIS (AP) — 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. Authorities said the children, between 22 months and 3 years old, suffered life-threatening injuries, and two adults were also wounded. The helplessness of the young victims and the savagery of the attack sickened Fran…

Knife attack at park in French Alps critically wounds 4 young children as people cry for help

By JOHN LEICESTER (Associated Press) PARIS (AP) — 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. Authorities said the children, between 22 months and 3 years old, suffered life-threatening injuries, and two adults were also wounded. The helplessness of the young victims and the savagery of the attack sickened Fran…

Knife attack at park in French Alps critically wounds 4 young children as people cry for help

PARIS (AP) — 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. Authorities said the children, between 22 months and 3 years old, suffered life-threatening injuries, and two adults were also wounded. […]

Children wounded in knife attack in French Alps

A man armed with a knife stabbed four preschool children and injured two adults by a lake in the French Alps on Thursday in an attack that sent shock waves through the country. The suspect is a Syrian in his early 30s who was granted refugee status in Sweden in April, a police source told AFP. He was arrested at the scene. Video of him taken by a bystander in Annecy, a town 30 kilometres (20 miles) south of the Swiss city of Geneva, shows him dr…