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Knife attack in Annecy: the heroism of a reservist police officer and childminder
On June 8, 2023, a reservist gendarme, also a childminder, saved the life of a child during the knife attack in a park in Annecy (Haute-Savoie). – (franceinfo)
On June 8, 2023, a reservist gendarme, also a childminder, saved the life of a child during the knife attack in a park in Annecy (Haute-Savoie).
His heroic gesture aroused the admiration of all and earned him the recognition of his superiors. Friday February 16, in Sathonay-Camp (Rhône), she was decorated for her courage with the gendarmerie medal. Chief Brigadier Maryline, a gendarmerie reservist, showed admirable composure. On June 8, 2023, during the knife attack in a park in Annecy (Haute-Savoie), she was nearby. “Very quickly, I see this man with the knife, (…) and he stabs very violently”she relates.
“I felt he had come back, really”
She came to the aid of a little boy injured during the attack. “We see that the clothes have holes, we see blood. I’m afraid of the outcome, I’m not sure he’ll make it”, remembers the childminder. As the child suffered, she compressed the wounds with her hands and spoke to him. To keep him conscious, Maryline even bit the inside of his arm. “I felt he had come back, really”, she says. Hospitalized for several weeks, the little boy survived.
