Tragedy has struck the French town of Annecy, where at least four children and one adult have been injured this Thursday morning after being attacked with a knife in a park in the area. The assaulted minors are around three years old.s. The four injured children are in serious condition and his life is in danger. The authorities have confirmed that the perpetrator has already been arrested.

After perpetrating the crime, as can be seen in the images that accompany this information, the attacker fled while being chased by passers-by who witnessed the attack, who followed him until the police arrived and proceeded to arrest him. . As detailed by the French newspaper ‘Le Monde’, the perpetrator of the eventshe is a man of syrian nationalityborn in 1991, based in Sweden for ten years.

The French media has specified that the attacker had obtained refugee status there by decision of April 26, 2023, and that at the end of November 2022 he requested asylum with Ofpra, the French Office for the protection of refugees and stateless persons. Having obtained his refugee status in Sweden, his asylum application no longer had any purpose, according to sources from the investigation to the aforementioned outlet.

As it was, the attacker was in a regular situation on French territory. French President Emmanuel Macronhas not been slow to condemn the facts. This was expressed in a message posted on Twitter: “Attack of absolute cowardice in a park in Annecy. 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 mobilized emergency services”.