Highlights

  • Mass stabbing in French Alps
  • 4 children and an adult injured
  • Suspect arrested on the spot

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The suspect was arrested at the scene immediately after the attack

Mass stabbing in French Alps, 5 children injured

A man armed with a knife attacked a group of preschool children playing by a lake in the French Alps on Thursday, injuring four along with an adult, and sending shockwaves through the country.

The suspect was arrested at the scene in the town of Annecy after the attack.

He told police he was a Syrian asylum seeker, a police source told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin tweeted that he had been arrested "thanks to the rapid reaction of security forces".

Two of the children -- believed to be aged around three -- and the adult were in critical condition and fighting for their lives in a hospital, a security source told AFP.

Local officials and a security source had previously said six children and another person were hurt.

French President Emmanuel Macron denounced the stabbing as an act "of absolute cowardice."

"The nation is shocked. Our thoughts are with them as well as their families and the emergency services," he wrote on Twitter.

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