France arrests 'Syrian asylum seeker' in Annecy stabbing attack
French authorities are still investigating whether the attack this morning at a park in the southeastern French town was a terror act or not.
PARIS — At least two adults and four young children were injured Thursday morning in the southeastern French town of Annecy, when a Syrian asylum seeker stabbed them, for yet unknown reasons.
At least two of the four children, all under three years old, are in critical condition, the French authorities said.
French BFM TV station cited an unnamed police source saying that the alleged attacker is a 32-year-old man, of Syrian nationality, and identified him as Abdalmasih H. The source also said that the suspect, apprehended by the police, has received refugee status from Sweden. According to the report, he had asked French authorities for refugee status, but received approval from Sweden first.
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin confirmed that the attacker had been arrested.
