Four toddlers, two adults injured in knife attack in French town

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A man attacked four children and two adults with a knife in Annecy, France. Associated Press/Photo by Laurent Cipriani

Four toddlers, two adults injured in knife attack in French town

French police on Thursday arrested a 31-year-old Syrian man who they said attacked people with a knife Thursday in the Alpine town of Annecy. The attacker injured two adults and four young children in a children’s play park before police shot him in the legs to apprehend him. All of the children are under the age of four. At least two of the children sustained life-threatening injuries, police said. One of the victims is British, and another is Dutch.

What do we know about the attacker? The attacker’s name was not immediately available Thursday. The attacker has refugee status in Sweden and has no known connections to Islamist terrorist groups, police said. Annecy Mayor François Astorg said authorities were investigating the attacker’s motive.

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Lauren Canterberry

Lauren Canterberry is a reporter for WORLD. She graduated from the World Journalism Institute and the University of Georgia with a degree in journalism, both in 2017. She worked as a local reporter in Texas and now lives in Georgia with her husband.