A knife-wielding man stabbed four children and two adults at a park in southeastern France on Thursday, the authorities said, in an attack that President Emmanuel Macron called “absolutely cowardly.”The local authorities said in a statement that a suspect had been arrested in the attack, which took place in Annecy, a city of about 130,000 people, and that all of the wounded had been hospitalized.
Their immediate condition was not clear, but Mr. Macron said on Twitter that “children and one adult are between life and death” as a result of the attack.
He added, “The nation is in shock.”The attack occurred just before 10 a.m. at a popular lakefront park in Annecy.
Anthony Le Tallec, a former professional soccer player who ended his career in the city, said that he had witnessed the attack.
In an Instagram story from the park, where he filmed police officers and emergency services at the scene, he said that he had been jogging on the lakefront when he saw dozens of people running in the other direction.
Persons:
Emmanuel Macron, Macron, Anthony Le Tallec
Organizations:
Twitter
Locations:
France, Annecy