'The nation is in shock': 4 children, 2 adults hurt in knife attack at France park

by JESSICA A. BOTELHO | The National Desk

Thu, June 8th 2023, 2:27 PM UTC

Ambulances and rescue trucks are seen after a knife attack in a park of Annecy, French Alps, Thursday, June 8, 2023. An attacker with a knife stabbed several young children and at least one adult, leaving some with life-threatening injuries, in a town in the Alps on Thursday before he was arrested, authorities said. (Florent Pecchio/L'Essor Savoyard via AP)

A police officer stands by the scene after a knife attack Thursday, June 8, 2023 in Annecy, French Alps. A man with a knife stabbed several very young children, including at least one in a stroller, and also assaulted adults in a lakeside park in the French Alps. The savagery left at least two children and one adult with life-threatening injuries, authorities said. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Police officers and rescuers walk at the scene after a knife attack in a park of Annecy, French Alps, Thursday, June 8, 2023. An attacker with a knife stabbed several young children and at least one adult, leaving some with life-threatening injuries, in a town in the Alps on Thursday before he was arrested, authorities said. (Florent Pecchio/L'Essor Savoyard via AP)

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Ambulances and rescue trucks are seen after a knife attack in a park of Annecy, French Alps, Thursday, June 8, 2023. An attacker with a knife stabbed several young children and at least one adult, leaving some with life-threatening injuries, in a town in the Alps on Thursday before he was arrested, authorities said. (Florent Pecchio/L'Essor Savoyard via AP)

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