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10-06-2023
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron met the stabbing victims at a Grenoble hospital that injured four children, including two adults, Thursday in a lakeside park in Annecy.
The president also met with the person Friday backpack hero who intervened when the attack occurred.
Macron noted that the two children are stable, and doctors are optimistic about their recovery.
People laid flowers and showed sympathy toward the victims when a 31-year-old Syrian refugee started mass stabbing.
Among the wounded were a British national and a Dutch national.
A video captured by an onlooker showed the assailant jumping a low wall into a children’s playground and repeatedly lunging at a child in a stroller, pushing aside a woman who tried to fend him off.
France hailed the bravery of a 24-year-old Catholic identified as Henri who faced the attacker and used his backpack as a shield as he sought to prevent the attack.
Henri told CNews: “All I know is I was not there by chance. It was unthinkable to do nothing … I followed my instincts and did what I could to protect the weak.”
Interrogation
Church authorities said a Mass will be held in Annecy Cathedral in tribute to the victims and their families later on Friday.
Annecy Prosecutor Line Bonnet-Mathis said she was “extending the suspect’s custody for further interrogation.”
She has said: “There was no indication that terrorism was the motivation and that the suspect was under investigation for attempted murder.”
Police have arrested a Syrian national who was granted asylum in Sweden 10 years ago, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said Friday. (Int’l Monitoring Desk)
