Knife stabbing in France: British child attacked on a playground on vacation

A three -year -old British girl fights for her life after a Syrian refugee in the French city of Annecy stabbed four children and two pensioners.

The 31-year-old knife was arrested by officials after the attack on a playground on Thursday at 9.45 a.m., in which four children and an adult were in a critical condition.

A three -year -old British girl who was on vacation, and a 22 -month -old child, probably Dutch or German, were stabbed from France together with a two -year -old boy and his three -year -old cousin.

The man called "in the name of Jesus Christ" twice in English and swung a ten centimeter long knife in the attack, in which a child was also stabbed in a stroller.

Rishi Sunak said in Washington that it was an "unfathomable attack", while Emmanuel Macron described it as "an act of absolute cowardice".

"Great Britain and France have always stood together against acts of violence, and we do that again today," said the Prime Minister.

The British child was brought to the Grenoble hospital center.

In dramatic recordings that were divided on social media, the bearded attacker can be seen how he walks through the playground with a knife while mothers ripped off with strollers to protect their children.

A 78-year-old man was in a life-threatening state after he was stabbed six times and hit by a stray police ball after officials opened the fire to the knife.

Another 70-year-old adult was also injured in the apparently arbitrary attack in the Le Paquier park on the banks of the Lac d’Annecy in the heart of the city in the French Alps.

More than 200 rescue workers, including 160 police officers, were ordered to the crime scene before the attacker was arrested.

terrorism as a motive for the attack excluded the prosecutors.

Emmanuel Macron said: "The nation is in shock."

The suspect, which was referred to by the French press as Abdelmasih H., applied for asylum in Sweden a decade ago.

According to reports, he was a Syrian Christian, a group that was suspended.

After he had recently separated from his Swedish wife, he is said to have slept in the park in the past two months.

He has a three -year -old daughter who, according to the public prosecutor, was at the age of his British victim.

According to reports, the attacker was rejected an asylum application in France four days ago.

, however, he was legally in France and was not entitled to asylum because he had refugee status in the EU member state.

The French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said that the suspect was "not known to any secret service" and "has no history of psychiatric problems".

"We are shocked by this hateful, indescribable act," she said, after visiting the crime scene.