Several small children were injured Thursday morning when a knife-wielding man attacked them in a playground in a park in the French Alpine town of Annecy. Eyewitnesses told local media that a man wearing a head covering attacked the children while they were playing.
Police were immediately deployed to the scene and French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said in a tweet that the sole suspect was “arrested thanks to the very rapid intervention of the police.”
French police said later that there were a total of six people wounded in the attack, including four children.
The local police chief ordered the area cordoned off and urged the public to stay away. Soldiers blocked access to local roads as police questioned eyewitnesses.
Police were also ordered to set up a security perimeter around the Quai Jules-Philippe school, which is on the opposite side of the canal that flows into Lake Annecy.
President Emmanuel Macron condemned what he called an “absolutely cowardly attack.”
“Children and an adult are between life and death,” he said in a tweet.
“The nation is in shock. Our thoughts are with them as well as with their families and the emergency services on the scene.” Â
The Mayor of Annecy, François Astorg, arrived quickly at the scene of the “terrifying attack.”
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