PARIS – Four young children who were stabbed in a park in Annecy, in France’s south-east, are now in a stable condition, officials have told the BBC.
The children, aged between one and three, are being treated in hospital.
Police overpowered and arrested the knifeman after he entered a children’s playground to carry out the attack.
A three-year-old British child is among the injured, another is Dutch. Two adults were also hurt, with one in a critical condition.
Police have confirmed that the suspect is a 31-year-old Syrian, who had refugee status in Sweden.
Video footage of the attack uploaded to social media – too graphic for broadcast – shows a little playground, with life going on as normal. Children are running around, and their parents and minders are there.
Then a man comes in with a knife, and very quickly there are screams. He’s clearly looking for children to attack – and he attacks one in a pushchair. (BBC)
