Four children and an adult have been injured in a knife attack in the picturesque town of Annecy in the French Alps.
At least three of the victims are in a critical condition in hospital.
At about 9.45am, a man armed with a knife entered a children’s playground near the town’s famous lake and attacked a group of children aged about three years old as they played, a security source and a local official told AFP.
One witness, named as Nelly, told France Info radio: “People were running, crying, panicking … it was horrible.” » | Angelique Chrisafis and agencies | Thursday, June 8, 2023
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