French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that a stabbing spree in Annecy, which has left multiple young children injured, is an “attack of absolute cowardice.'
A Syrian national was arrested Thursday after allegedly stabbing four children and an adult in thein a knife attack that President Emmanuel Macron is decrying as an act of"absolute cowardice."
"Attack of absolute cowardice this morning in a park in Annecy. Children and an adult are between life and death," Macron said on Twitter."The Nation is in shock. Our thoughts are with them as well as their families and the emergency services mobilized." Annecy, a town in the French Alps, is seen in September 2010. At least four children and an adult were reported injured there Thursday following a knife attack.
Local lawmaker Antonie Armand told BFMTV that the children were"very young" and were"savagely attacked" on a playground close to a primary school, The Associated Press reported.
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