Emmanuel Macron reacted after the knife attack which left five injured, including four children, Thursday June 8 in Annecy (Haute-Savoie). “Attack of absolute cowardice this morning in a park in Annecy. Children and an adult are between life and death. The Nation is in shock. Our thoughts are with them as well as their families and the mobilized rescue services.”he wrote on Twitter. Follow our live.
Vital prognosis committed for three people. The attack took place Thursday around 9:45 am at Pâquier, a park in Annecy (Haute-Savoie). The vital prognosis is engaged for two children and an adult.
The suspect is a Syrian asylum seeker. The assailant was neutralized. He submitted his asylum application to the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (Ofpra) on November 28, 2022, franceinfo learned from a police source. In the meantime, he had been granted refugee status in Sweden in April 2023.
Elisabeth Borne and Gérald Darmanin on site. The Prime Minister and the Minister of the Interior are expected in Annecy. They should speak in the afternoon.
Emotional reactions. “Once again, our children are the target of increasing violence in our society. This act cannot go unpunished.” tweeted Charlotte Caubel, Secretary of State for Children. On Twitter, Antoine Armand, Renaissance deputy for Haute-Savoie, mentioned a “Abominable attack”. “Appalling attack this morning on the Pâquier in Annecy. All my thoughts to the victims and families”, wrote the mayor of Annecy, François Astorg.
A minute of silence at the National Assembly. The President of the Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, invited to this moment of meditation “for them [les victimes]for their families”, after this “severe attack”.