Eight toddlers stabbed after knifeman storms playground near popular tourist spot in France | The Sun

AT least eight toddlers have been stabbed in a horror knife attack in a popular tourist spot in France.

The children were left seriously injured after a knifeman stormed a playground near Lake Annecy this morning.

The suspect was arrested by police soon afterwards following a brief struggle close to the park, which is in a square in the Alpine town. 

The victims were about three years old, BFM TV reports.

An eyewitness described how they saw a man attacking younger children who were playing in the playground.

They told Le Dauphine: "After people tried to scare him, he walked away and the police intervened.

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"He spoke English. In the beginning, we all thought it was staged, but with the cries of people, we realised that its reality, the guy was confused."

The country's Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin tweeted: "Several people including children were injured by an individual armed with a knife in a square in Annecy.

"The individual was arrested thanks to the very rapid intervention of the police."

Mr Darmanin confirmed that nine people were wounded, including eight young children, two of whom are in intensive care. 

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A local lawmaker, Antoine Armand, tweeted that children were attacked on a playground and called the attack "abominable."

The French prime minister, Elisabeth Borne, is on her way to the scene.

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