- Two youngsters in vital situation, say police.
- The nation is in shock, says French president.
- French lawmakers observe minute’s silence for victims.
No less than 5 individuals together with 4 youngsters — as previous as three years previous — have been among the many individuals who have been stabbed in a knife assault Thursday in southeastern France, authorities stated, whereas including {that a} minor and the grownup have been in vital situation.
The police stated that the male suspect Syrian in his early 30s was taken into custody, whereas the motive of the stabbing stays unclear.
The inside ministry famous that French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne will journey to Annecy with Inside Minister Gérald Darmanin Thursday.
Annecy is a scenic city within the French Alps near the border with Switzerland common with vacationers and residential to one of many world’s prime animation festivals, which begins Sunday.
After the knife assault, President Emmanuel Macron stated: “The nation is in shock,” following the assault.
“Youngsters and an grownup are between life and loss of life. The nation is in shock. Our ideas are with them, their households, and the emergency providers,” Macron stated in a tweet.
Well being Minister François Braun additionally expressed in a tweet that his ideas have been with the victims of the knife assault.
“All my ideas go instantly to the individuals injured by a person armed with a knife in Annecy, and to their family members,” Braun wrote.
“I salute the fast mobilisation of the emergency providers to care for the victims, and notably the Pressing Medical Support Service (SAMU).”
French Nationwide Meeting legislators noticed a minute’s silence for the victims of the stabbing.
A bunch of faculty youngsters have been on a supervised journey to Lake Annecy within the nation’s south when the assault occurred at 9:45am native time, the French Nationwide Police informed NBC Information.
Police stated: “The assault passed off in Le Pâquier d’Annecy, a park on the north facet of the lake, which has a youngsters’s play space and spectacular views throughout the lake and surrounding mountains.”
François Astorg, the mayor of Annecy, known as the assault “appalling”.
Inside Minister Gérald Darmanin stated in a tweet that the suspect “was arrested due to the very fast intervention of the police.”