Elisabeth Borne gave, Friday, June 9, news of the injured children in the knife attack in Annecy (Haute-Savoie) which affected six people on Thursday, including four young children. “I am closely monitoring the state of health of the victims, their condition is stable”explained the Prime Minister, traveling in the Bouches-du-Rhône. “All the injured children were able to be operated on.” Follow our live.
Emmanuel Macron at the bedside of the victims. “Following the attack which occurred yesterday, the President of the Republic and his wife are today going alongside the victims and their families as well as all the people who in Annecy have contributed to bringing them help and support. “, said the Elysée in a press release. The President of the Republic arrived at the Grenoble University Hospital (Isère) on Friday morning.
Four children and an adult “in a state of absolute emergency”. The vital prognosis of three injured, two children and an adult, is engaged, while the condition of the victims is stable, according to the prefecture of Haute-Savoie. The Annecy prosecutor, Line-Bonnet Mathis, clarified that“a 22-month-old, two 2-year-olds and a 3-year-old” are among the victims. A sixth person was also injured.
The suspect has not yet been interviewed. The individual arrested after the attack is still in police custody and is due to undergo a psychiatric examination Friday morning. He is a Syrian asylum seeker, born in 1991 and who entered France legally in November 2022. He is “very slightly” injured according to the Annecy prosecutor’s office. The suspect spoke in English the words “In the name of Jesus Christ” before attacking children in a playground, according to a video of the attack seen by franceinfo.
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Investigation opened for assassination attempt. There is “no apparent terrorist motive”, said the prosecutor of Annecy, Thursday during a press conference. The suspect, who had no known psychiatric history, did not have “no criminal record”, also specified the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, Thursday evening on TF1.
Emotional reactions. The political class reacted after the tragedy in Annecy. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne expressed “all the support and all the solidarity of the nation”. The President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, spoke of a “serious attack”. The president of the National Rally group in the National Assembly, Marine Le Pen, spoke on Twitter about‘”dread and horror”. “Our heart is in pieces having to live it. To the children our painful affection. To the parents all our afflicted compassion”, for his part, wrote on Twitter the leader of La France insoumise, Jean-Luc Mélenchon.