Eight children are stabbed by a knife man on a French playground before the attacker is subdued
Eight children are stabbed by a knife man on a French playground before the attacker is subdued
Eight children were stabbed by a knifeman in a French playground before the attacker was subdued by police.
Witnesses told Le Dauphine that a man wearing a turban began attacking children at a small playground in Annecy, a mountain town in southeastern France, around 9:45 am this morning.
Armed police arrived on the scene and quickly subdued the knifeman before he was arrested and taken to hospital with injuries, the French newspaper reported.
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin tweeted: “Several people, including children, were injured by a person armed with a knife in a square in Annecy.
“The person was arrested thanks to the very quick action of the police.”
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