Six children aged three are stabbed by knifeman in French playground before attacker is subdued
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Six children aged three years old were stabbed by a knifeman in a French playground this morning before the attacker was subdued by police.
Witnesses told Le Dauphine that a man began attacking the group of young children while they were playing at a small playground in Annecy, an alpine town in southeastern France, at around 9.45am.
Armed police arrived at the scene and quickly subdued the knifeman, believed to be a Syrian asylum seeker, before he was arrested and taken to hospital for injuries, the French newspaper reported.
Three children are now in critical critical condition and fighting for their lives at a nearby hospital.
France’s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin tweeted: ‘Several people including children were injured by an individual armed with a knife in a square in Annecy.
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Six children aged three years old were stabbed by a knifeman in a French playground this morning before the attacker was subdued by police. Pictured: Armed police at the scene
Politicians inside the National Assembly in Paris held a minute of silence for the victims of the knife attack this morning
‘The individual was arrested thanks to the very rapid intervention of the police.’
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne is now travelling to the scene of the attack, according to her aide.
Politicians inside the National Assembly in Paris held a minute of silence for the victims of the knife attack this morning.
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