At least four children and one adult have been injured by a multiple stabbing perpetrated this Thursday in a park in the French town of Annecy, in the southeast of the country, according to police sources. The authorities have also confirmed the arrest of the main suspectwho is also injured, and whose motivations have not been disclosed.

The attack took place around 09:45 a.m.in a park located next to the lake. The assaulted minors were around three years old and according to local media, the four injured children are in serious condition and their lives are in danger.

The two injured adults appear to be in no serious condition. It is about a person who was in the place and the perpetrator of the attack, who suffered injuries when he was detained by the Police.

The suspect himself has identified himself as an asylum seeker of Syrian origin. The French authorities are not aware that he has a record. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has confirmed that “several people, including children”, have been injured in this attack.

An ambulance helicopter was necessary for immediate evacuation. “The individual has been arrested thanks to the very rapid intervention of law enforcement,” Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said on Twitter.

A nearby man who approached when he heard the screaming described the author as a man aged 31 who said nothing while committing the attack.

“The individual has been arrested thanks to the very rapid intervention of law enforcement,” he applauded on Twitter. The Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, plans to travel to the scene, located in the French Alps, as reported by the BFMTV network.

For his part, French President Emmanuel Macron He has spoken on social networks regretting what happened and describing it as an “absolute cowardice attack”. “The children and an adult are between life and death. The Nation is in a state of shock. Our thoughts are with them, their families and the mobilized emergency services,” she said.